WH Won't Provide Witnesses for Fort Hood Hearing

The first public congressional hearing on the Fort Hood attack will not include testimony from any current federal law enforcement, military or intelligence officials because the Obama administration "declined to provide any" such witnesses, according to a Senate committee source.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has released the witness list for its hearing "The Fort Hood Attack: A Preliminary Assessment," scheduled for Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. The list includes four experts on terrorism and intelligence issues: retired Gen. Jack Keane, the former U.S. Army vice chief of staff; Brian Jenkins, a senior advisor at the Rand Corp.; Mitchell Silber, the director of analysis for the New York City Police Department's Intelligence Division; and Juan Zarate, a senior advisor for the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

But the list does not include anyone actively involved in investigating the Fort Hood attack, or anyone who might have been responsible for decisions made by various government agencies before the attack about whether to investigate the shooting suspect, Nidal Hasan. The Senate committee source said HSGAC Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) had hoped to have witnesses from the FBI and the U.S. Army, but was rebuffed in his requests.

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14 Comments

redhorse69

potus the terrorist aiding and abetting impeach the messiah obama

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 07:29 PM

Senior voter

I hope their investigation allows are service guys to have guns on base. Now that the terroists are aware they are all unarmed.... Think Obama cares... only if the muslim extremists are hurt.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 05:35 PM

A. Capone

It's the first hearing. The FBI is not finished investigating. Maybe the the names of the investigators need not be published at this time for security reasons.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 02:03 PM

BOSMAN

Obama scores more points with Muslims!
Obama ‘Reaches Out’ by Naming ‘Devout’ Muslims to Security Posts:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134466

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 01:45 PM

FAILURE-IN-CHIEF

Hope they don't get the Black Panther case type of treatment.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 01:28 PM

Lourdes

Everyone who works in the White House is a liar anyway. Their testimony would be useless.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 12:53 PM

annieoakley

Is anyone not surprised by that move? So much for t-r-a-n-s-p-a-r-e-n-c-y.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 12:13 PM

-WE THE PEOPLE-

Is it any wonder why our country is in the shape it's in? Look at the flippin trolls you have working for you. So tell us, how do you nitwits who voted for these embiciles like that Hope and Change now?? I personally think it SUX!!!
~~~ WE THE PEOPLE ~~~ VOTE THIS IDIOTS OUT 2010 AND 2012 ****

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 11:12 AM

Roger In Miami

Ha, ha, ha,,,,
Is ANY body surprised at this?
You can't make this stuff up.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 11:01 AM

Jim in JAX

Cover up. Plain and simple.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 10:26 AM

Chainsaw Hirko

lalalalalalaalalalala BOOM!!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 09:56 AM

Carolina Blues Billy-Bob

So - like when the White House told 'em to go fly a kite when they wanted to put the Czars through a vetting process - the leadership on the hill shrivels up and says "okay"? Whooo- eee – we got us some studs in the barn in DC, don’t we?

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 09:55 AM