Peter King in the Hot Seat — in London
September 13, 2011, 3:40 pm
By BRIAN KNOWLTON
NYT
Representative Peter T. King testified about terrorism on Tuesday before a legislative committee, but the committee was in London, not Washington, and the New York Republican found himself the uncomfortable object of tough questioning. In a hearing on “Roots of Violent Radicalization,” Mr. King was asked about his own past support for the Irish Republican Army.
The radicalization of immigrants has been a matter of intense discussion in Britain, particularly after this summer’s riots. Parliament’s interest was drawn to Mr. King, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, because of the high-profile hearings he has held on the radicalization of Muslim-Americans, some of whom bitterly protested that he was unfairly singling them out.
In London, before a House of Commons select committee, Mr. King defended those hearings, saying he “would not back down to political correctness” when dealing with “a dangerous problem.”
But then Mr. King found himself on the hot seat. A Labour Party member, David Winnick, asked about the period when Mr. King, a Long Island politician with strong Irish-American support, drew the attention of authorities on both sides of the Atlantic for his close ties to leading I.R.A. figures during its violent campaign against British control of Northern Ireland.
(More here.)
By BRIAN KNOWLTON
NYT
Representative Peter T. King testified about terrorism on Tuesday before a legislative committee, but the committee was in London, not Washington, and the New York Republican found himself the uncomfortable object of tough questioning. In a hearing on “Roots of Violent Radicalization,” Mr. King was asked about his own past support for the Irish Republican Army.
The radicalization of immigrants has been a matter of intense discussion in Britain, particularly after this summer’s riots. Parliament’s interest was drawn to Mr. King, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, because of the high-profile hearings he has held on the radicalization of Muslim-Americans, some of whom bitterly protested that he was unfairly singling them out.
In London, before a House of Commons select committee, Mr. King defended those hearings, saying he “would not back down to political correctness” when dealing with “a dangerous problem.”
But then Mr. King found himself on the hot seat. A Labour Party member, David Winnick, asked about the period when Mr. King, a Long Island politician with strong Irish-American support, drew the attention of authorities on both sides of the Atlantic for his close ties to leading I.R.A. figures during its violent campaign against British control of Northern Ireland.
(More here.)
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