A Report from the Hill:
Inside the Myrick Hearing on the Muslim Brotherhood
“Our Government is Playing Checkers, While the Muslim
Brotherhood is Playing Chess” -Sue Myrick
by Lisa Piraneo, Director of Government Relations
Inside the Myrick Hearing on the Muslim Brotherhood
“Our Government is Playing Checkers, While the Muslim
Brotherhood is Playing Chess” -Sue Myrick
by Lisa Piraneo, Director of Government Relations
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Yesterday, I attended a hearing in the House Select Intelligence Committee’s Subcommittee on Terrorism, HUMINT (human intelligence), Analysis and Counterintelligence—or THACI for short. The focus of the hearing was to “Examine Political and Religious Entities in the Middle East”—in particular the Muslim Brotherhood.
You can watch C-Span’s coverage of the full hearing HERE and read how the Washington Times covered the event HERE.
As I did for the King hearing last month, I arrived on the Hill early to make sure I could get into the room. As an aside, yesterday’s hearing was actually held in the House Budget Committee room—to accommodate more people.
When I arrived, there were only two people waiting in line. This hearing—unlike the one held recently by Peter King on Muslim Radicalization—was only announced Tuesday of this week. Additionally, most hearings by the House Select Committee on Intelligence are closed to the public as they discuss matters that require various levels of security clearance. The hearing yesterday was one of the few that are “open,” allowing the public to attend and listen in. Though there were less people waiting to watch the discussion, there was certainly no shortage of security surrounding the room and at brief moment early on, there were actually more police surrounding the entrance to the room than people waiting in line to get in.
