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April 20, 2013

After Boston, we should put Muslims under surveillance, says Rep. King


President Obama cautioned the nation not to rush to judgment about the Boston Marathon bombers. But that’s not stopping Republican Rep. Peter King.
King, who chairs the House subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, is urging authorities to beef up their surveillance of Muslims in the U.S.  following Friday night’s arrest of bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Police must “realize that the threat is coming from the Muslim community and increase surveillance there,” the New York lawmaker told National Review.
King—who spearheaded controversial hearings on the radicalization of Muslim-Americans in 2011—also told CNN that “we can’t be politically correct. I think we have to see, has radicalization extended into the Chechen community?”

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was taken into custody on Friday night in Watertown, Mass., after a day-long manhunt following an early-morning shootout with police in which his older brother, Tamerlan, 26, was killed. The two are suspected of planting bombs that killed three people and injured more than 170 near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday.
The ethnic Chechen brothers came to the U.S. in 2002 after fleeing the war-torn region. The two were born in the former Soviet territory now known as Kyrgyzstan. Those who knew the family have said Tamerlan Tsarnaev had become a devout Muslim in the past few years.
Dzhokhar became a naturalized citizen in 2012, while Tamerlan had a green card and was reportedly hoping to become a citizen.

King is not the only Republican employing arguably Islamaphobic rhetoric this week. South Carolina’s Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Saturday that the Tsarnaev brothers were on a “jihad mission.”

“Radical jihadists are trying to attack us here at home,” the South Carolina Republican told Fox News. “Every day we face threats from radical Islamists and they are coming through our back yard and trying to radicalize American citizens.”
Meanwhile, Graham, King, and GOP Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire have  issued a joint statement urging President Obama to treat Dzhokhar as an “enemy combatant” so he can be held and questioned instead of being tried in a criminal court.
The GOP senators argued that a criminal trial would slow down the effort to extract information from Dzhokhar.
“The accused perpetrators of these acts were not common criminals attempting to profit from a criminal enterprise, but terrorists trying to injure, maim, and kill innocent Americans. The suspect, based upon his actions, clearly is a good candidate for enemy combatant status. We do not want this suspect to remain silent,” they said.  “We should be focused on gathering intelligence from this suspect right now that can help our nation understand how this attack occurred and what may follow in the future. That should be our focus, not a future domestic criminal trial that may take years to complete.”

After Dzhokhar’s capture on Friday, President Obama cautioned about making rash decisions. “It is important we do this right. That is why we have investigations. We relentlessly gather facts. That  is why we have courts.”

Rep. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, said in a statement that the Obama administration should resist the calls to treat Dzhokhar as an enemy combatant.
“This is not a foreign national caught on an enemy battlefield, but an American citizen arrested on American soil. The Justice Department has demonstrated a far greater ability to successfully prosecute suspected terrorists in federal courts than the military commissions have thus far been able to show. Nothing must be done to compromise the public safety, the ability of prosecutors to seek justice for the victims or our constitutional principles,” he said.

14 comments:

  1. When a white man robs a bank, nobody says "All white men are evil" let alone put all white people under surveillance. When a black man sells drugs, nobody says "All black men are evil" let alone put all black people under surveillance. When a Christian priest butt-fucks the altar boys, nobody says "All Christians are evil" let alone put all Christians under surveillance. Only when it is a Muslim accused of a crime do we hear the cry "All Muslims are evil" and cheap opportunists like Peter King scream for all Muslims to be under surveillance.

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    1. So right. And all black men are muggers, don't forget that.

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    2. It's Jews in positions of influence (government, media, financiers, 'law' enforcement, 'intelligence' etc) that should be put under surveillance.

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  2. "King" is a famous Old Testament name. That is why most New York "Kings" are related to the "Kings" of Tel Aviv.

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    1. another "Jewish" lie...

      http://adask.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/democide-mass-murder-by-governments/

      Background Checks on Bolsheviks !!

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  3. This clown (King) should not be allowed to play
    with sharp objects for his own protection.

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  4. Thanks to NSA, Echelon and the Camp Williams Data Center ALL Americans are under total surveillance. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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  5. hey I know, maybe we should make them all wear yellow stars....just so we can easily identify them....oh, yeah - that's already been done (when was that again ?)

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  6. Representative Peter King, and others like him in the GOP, are religious bigots and racist fanatics who hide behind the American flag and the US Constitution to practice their brand of 'patriotism'; which is designed to demonize and vilify all Muslims. Their favorite buzz words (jihadists and radical Islamists) are used to inflame already frayed emotions of people who have been terrorized by their inane rhetoric. They need patsies for their fake 'war on terrorism' to justify the government's efforts to dominate the natural resources and mineral wealth in Muslim countries.
    Just check out the statements of Rep.King and Senators Lindsay Graham (SC); John McCain (Arizona); and, Kelley Ayotte (NH). According to them, this captured SUSPECT is already GUILTY... tried and convicted! Supposed this kid is not one of the real bombers after all. Whatever happened to the American tradition of 'INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY'? Does that hold for everyone except Muslims?

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  7. Hmmm

    Who is going to watch the FBI and all the mercs with their big backpacks that were running around the site of the bombings? Who is going to watch israeli intelligence that was involved in Boston. Who is going to protect the American people because it is not the DHS.

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  8. Yes Mr. King, so Israeli spies and hitmen will be more free to operate?

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  9. Jct: That wasn't a team of Muslims in uniform beige boots and pants, black jackets and back-packs, electronic hand sets and ear plugs, looked more like a team of Christians. But Peter King trying to harass Muslims over this false flag is the lowest of low!

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  10. All dual Israeli-"American" citizens should be put under constant surveillance so they can' t pull any more false flag events against innocent US citizens EVER AGAIN.

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  11. People with phone cameras should video every federal official and wall street banker any time they can. Let's document thier every move.

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