hoekstra said they should have not charged this detroit bomber in a civilian court. he should have been turned over to the military and handled in that manner. do you think we will see this continue if we have another of these instances? >> bob, you know, this has obviously been such a controversial issue. we saw the former attorney general writing a piece in the wall street journal saying we lost valuable intelligence by going in and saying you're entitled to a lawyer, read your miranda rights. you know, the white house heard that. i mean my sources tell me, i spoke with several yesterday, that inside the white house top advisors are saying we really node need to take a hard look at this. we're going to be seeing that as part of this broad review now of what the president is doing. obviously he's looking at intelligence failures but also just about the process in general. is that the right approach if this kind of thing ever happens again. >> schieffer: that's very interesting that that's what they're even wondering about in the white house. peter, i want to talk ab

congressman pete hoekstra and senator susan collins. senator joe lieberman and congressman jane harmon. >>> and the politics of national security with our round table. george will, cynthia tucker. ron brownstein, and david sanger of "the new york times." >>> and as always, "the sunday funnies." >>> president obama's plan for 2010 is to do all the things he said he was going to do this year. >>> and we begin with the man who is leading the president's review of the intelligence failures that led to the christmas day attempted bombing of flight 253. department security adviser john brennan. thanks for being with us. good morning. >> good morning. >> there's news that the united states embassy and the british embassy in yemen are closed this morning. what can you tell us about the intelligence? what is it shows about the new threats to u.s. interests there? >> it shows the threat that al qaeda poses in the area. i spoke with the ambassador there. looked at the intelligence available. the attacks possibly against the embassy and personnel,

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representative pete hoekstra on the program morrow, sent out a fund-raising letter, give me money to counter president obama's policies. that old tradition of silence and solidarity around the president has dissolved and it looks like the republicans don't believe there will be any backlash. they're doing, they're calling for the resignation of janet napolitano, the homeland security secretary. and saying the president must stop his plan to close the prison at guantanamo bay. so, they feel they got the political momentum on this. no sign they're paying any kind of political price for politicizing this security issue. >> thanks, terry. terry will have more tomorrow on "this week" guests include john brennan, senator lieberman and pete hoekstra. >>> as president obama confirmed today the christmas day terror plot was hatched by a fraction of al qaeda operating out of the country of yemen. the white house has been focusing money and attention on yemen for some time. top officials say they'll double the money that the u.s. has sent to that country to fight terrorism. rachel martin report

caller: good morning representative hoekstra.ntinue to be on the defensive in screening people to get on their plans? -- good morning, representative hoekstra. host: what do you mean by that? caller: all the people trained to be suicide bombers are said to mecca and medina during the hajj. i said to an intelligence director, i bet there are a lot of that people there. i think we ought to bomb mecca and medina -- guest: i am not sure how many are there for the hajj, but it is probably in the millions. an indiscriminate bombing is something that i would be opposed to it. that would be a relative, if not a very bad idea. right now within the muslim community, the number of individuals that have radicalized his very small. an indiscriminate bombing on their holy site would definitely be something that i cannot in courage. host: a comment on twitter -- guest: absolutely, we are at war with an ideology. we have to recognize it is an ideology. more importantly, muslims need to recognize there are some within that are trying to hijack th

hoekstra?guest: i think bombing mecca and medina you up to recognize the vast majority and i'm not sure how many are there for the hodge but i believe it is probably in the millions and indiscriminate bombing would be something that i would be opposed to and i think would be a relatively if not a very bad idea. right now within the muslim community, the number of individuals that have radicalized, you know is very, very small and an indiscriminate bombing on their holy sites would be definitely a step that would not encourage. you can go there. >> host:re is one twitter message this is uebelacher we are xcor with a ideology, islam in parentheses as opposed to simple for fanatics. >> guest: absolutely we are at war with the ideology. as a part of islam, and we have to recognize it is an ideology and more importantly, muslims need to recognize that there is a core, that there are some within that are trying to hijack their religion, and they are going to be the most effective in the most forceful

in a recent letter, congressman pete hoekstra, ranking republican on the house intelligence committee the christmas day incident requires mr. obama to abandon his "brazen and naive pledge to close guantanamo bay. hoekstra followed up sunday on abc's "this week." >> the core group of al qaeda on the arabian peninsula is formed by former gitmo detainees. these are people that were held in gitmo, have been returned, and have now gone back to the battlefield. >> warner: democratic congresswoman jane harman, chairman of a house subcommittee on terrorism assessment, takes issue with that. >> it's way too simplistic it is true that there is a connection between the christmas day bomber and yemen and that i think guantanamo foorkds a recruiting tool that surksnique worldwide al qaeda and other bad guys. >> warner: harman supports the temporary freeze on repatriating yemeni detainees but says indefinitely holding them is not a permanent solution to this thorny problem. one of the alternatives is to transfer the yemeni prisoners even those cleared for release to a federal facility in thompson,

caller: good morning representative hoekstra. why do we continue to be on the defensive in screening people to get on their plans? -- good morning, representative hoekstra. host: what do you mean by that? caller: all the people trained to be suicide bombers are said to mecca and medina during the hajj. i said to an intelligence director, i bet there are a lot of that people there. i think we ought to bomb mecca and medina -- guest: i am not sure how many are there for the hajj, but it is probably in the millions. an indiscriminate bombing is something that i would be opposed to it. that would be a relative, if not a very bad idea. right now within the muslim community, the number of individuals that have radicalized his very small. an indiscriminate bombing on their holy site would definitely be something that i cannot in courage. host: a comment on twitter -- guest: absolutely, we are at war with an ideology. we have to recognize it is an ideology. more importantly, muslims need to recognize there are some within that are trying

also with us on washington journal was republican representative pete hoekstra of michigan, the rankingmember of the intelligence committee. >> host: we talk now with representative pete, congressman you will be getting a briefing today by the administration on the christmas day bombing attempt. what do you want to know? >> guest: there's a couple of things i want to know. number one this is kind of personal for me i come from steve michigan and this was an attack on the largest city of detroit, so we have any indication at all that detroit was picked for a specific reason and this is an indication that it may be a target sometime again in the future or was detroit just a choice of convenience? it could have been atlantic or minneapolis, could have been new york or any other city. the guy was just getting to detroit. and the second thing is i really want to find out why after fort hood which had very much the same footprint the american-born radical clerk in yemen, it had al qaeda of the arabian peninsula and it was an attack on america. what steps did the administration take immediatel

don't think there is a lot of republicans worried about strong criticism coming from congressman hoekstraer vice president dick cheney. i think they're taking this issue and running with it, david. democrats are on the defensive right now over several items in their domestic policy agenda, particularly health care, on the defensive over joblessness and the economy, and now on terror. i think this is an issue that we're going to hear about this all year long, even if there is not another attempted incident on an airliner or anything else. the republicans are going to take this issue, which they feel that they have an advantage on, and run with it and make it as political as possible. i don't know if the democrats would do the same if the position was reversed. i think that everything gets politicized now and i don't think that you see republicans really worried about what criticism from their party did last week to them politically. >> such a great point. a.b. stoddard, associate editor and columnist at "the hill" newspaper, thanks. >>> joining us on the phone, daily beast chief investigat

a number of strategists who said maybe it wasn't such a good idea for dick cheney or congressman hoekstrasort of sharp in their criticism of president obama given the country that is already upset that this happened and that there was this sort of lapse. it sort of gets to the old sort of axiom when somebody's shooting themselves in the foot if you are a political rival you simply get out of the way, you don't say anything. >> you know, that's an interesting criticism. i think that the democrats are in a very defensive crouch obviously on domestic matters, on the economy, on health care, and something like this which is so frightening and obviously exposed serious lapses in our security. then of course, as i mentioned before, this sort of initial really bizarre response by the administration. it was a real opportunity for the republicans to pounce. they will make this issue a major matter in the 2010 elections. they want to make the case that the democrats have never governed in the age of terror until now and that they're doing a bad job. i don't think they're going to let up. the questi

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