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Terror Hearing Puts Lawmakers in Harsh Light – NYTimes.com

March 13, 2011 islamoyankee

Terror Hearing Puts Lawmakers in Harsh Light – NYTimes.com.

But at Thursday’s hearing, there was no single institution summoned to the hot seat. The few outside witnesses who appeared were eager to combat radical extremism, not defend it. Mostly, it was the committee itself that seemed to be on trial.

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