http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Pete_HoekstraFind stories, videos, and photos about Pete Hoekstra from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:56:24 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Pete_Hoekstra14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Pete Hoekstra from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/19/fort.hood.classified.study/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/19/fort.hood.classified.study/index.html#cnnSTCTextA security expert who contributed to a now-classified 2008 study aimed at helping military officials recognize the signs of extremism among troops said it could have helped prevent the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/17/gop.fort.hood/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/17/gop.fort.hood/index.html#cnnSTCTextRepublican members of the House Intelligence Committee have sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling for an immediate Congressional investigation into circumstances surrounding the Fort Hood shooting.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:07:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/15/terrorism.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/15/terrorism.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextFearlessly demonstrating the majesty of U.S. justice or acquiescing to terrorists by giving them undeserved rights and a public platform?Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:46:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/17/congress.cia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/17/congress.cia/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe House Intelligence Committee will investigate whether any laws were broken when the CIA concealed a now-canceled counterterrorism program from Congress, the panel's chairman announced Friday.Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/09/cia.congress/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/09/cia.congress/index.html#cnnSTCTextPartisan sniping over allegations that the CIA intentionally misled lawmakers in recent years escalated sharply Thursday, with Republicans accusing Democrats of undermining national security and Democrats charging intelligence officials with illegally concealing information.Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:33:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/20/issa.pelosi/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/20/issa.pelosi/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Republican congressman Wednesday asked the head of the FBI to investigate allegations that the CIA lied to Congress about the Bush administration's use of "alternative" interrogation techniques on suspected terrorists.Wed, 20 May 2009 18:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/18/pelosi.torture/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/18/pelosi.torture/index.html#cnnSTCTextTop Republicans are demanding an apology from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or proof to back her claim that the CIA misled Congress about the use of harsh interrogation tactics.Tue, 19 May 2009 01:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/08/pelosi.memo/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/08/pelosi.memo/index.html#cnnSTCTextHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi is disputing a CIA account sent to Congress that raises questions about her insistence she was never told explicitly that waterboarding had been used on terrorist suspects.Fri, 08 May 2009 20:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/05/panetta.cia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/05/panetta.cia/index.html#cnnSTCTextLeon Panetta, chief of staff in President Bill Clinton's White House, will be President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be CIA director, two Democratic officials told CNN on Monday.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:09:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/20/cia.coverup.charge/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/20/cia.coverup.charge/index.html#cnnSTCTextA top Republican lawmaker is accusing employees at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency of blocking investigations into the downing of a missionary plane in Peru that killed two Americans in 2001.Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:47:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/20/congress.wiretaps/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/20/congress.wiretaps/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe House approved a bipartisan plan Friday to overhaul the nation's wiretapping laws.Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/01/31/alqaeda.death/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/01/31/alqaeda.death/index.html#cnnSTCTextAbu Laith al-Libi, a wanted al Qaeda terrorist, was killed in Pakistan by a CIA airstrike, three U.S. officials told CNN Thursday.Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:25:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/17/cia.tapes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/17/cia.tapes/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee says the panel will move forward with a probe into the destruction of CIA videotapes of detainee interrogations, despite a Justice Department request that congressional inquiries be suspended.Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:27:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/05/craig.staying/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/05/craig.staying/index.html#cnnSTCTextSome fellow Republicans are peeved that Sen. Larry Craig has decided to complete his term despite his earlier announcement about resigning, but the Idaho lawmaker still has his backers.Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/04/congress.fisa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/04/congress.fisa/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe House late Saturday night approved the Republican version of a measure amending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by a vote of 227-183, with most Republicans and conservative Democrats supporting the bill.Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/17/domesticspying.lawsuit/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/17/domesticspying.lawsuit/index.htmlA federal judge on Thursday ruled that the U.S. government's domestic eavesdropping program is unconstitutional and ordered it ended immediately.Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:29:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/08/11/air.security/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/08/11/air.security/index.htmlAir travelers might have to get used to stuffing lipstick and lotion into their luggage rather than carry it with them in the wake of a plot to destroy airliners with liquid-based explosives, security experts say.Fri, 11 Aug 2006 14:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/09/intel.briefings/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/09/intel.briefings/index.htmlThe Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee accused the Bush administration Sunday of failing to inform Congress of "significant activity" in ongoing secret intelligence programs.Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:37:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/21/iraq.senate/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/21/iraq.senate/index.htmlWith congressional elections less than five months away, Republicans and Democrats jockeyed for political advantage Wednesday as the Senate debated the Iraq war and the future of 127,000 U.S. troops in the war zone.Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/26/house.shots/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/26/house.shots/index.htmlA House office building reopened Friday afternoon after investigators determined a report of gunshots in a parking garage probably came from worker using an air hammer, according to sources.Fri, 26 May 2006 14:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/07/hayden/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/07/hayden/index.htmlLawmakers from both parties expressed concern Sunday that President Bush reportedly will nominate a longtime military officer to head the CIA.Sun, 07 May 2006 15:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/29/house.intel/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/29/house.intel/index.htmlThe House Intelligence Committee has set up a special group to conduct oversight of the National Security Agency's eavesdropping program, a spokesman for the panel's chairman said Wednesday.Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:38:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/30/bush.transcript1/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/30/bush.transcript1/index.htmlPresident George Bush delivered remarks Wednesday on the war in Iraq. Following is a transcript of his address at the U.S. Naval Academy.Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:37:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/09/jordan.blasts.worldreax/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/09/jordan.blasts.worldreax/index.htmlWednesday's deadly explosions in Amman, Jordan, drew swift condemnation in Washington and at the United Nations.Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:15:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/10/05/cia.accountability/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/10/05/cia.accountability/index.htmlCIA Director Porter Goss has decided against punishing agency employees singled out by the CIA inspector general for mistakes that contributed to the failure of U.S. intelligence to stop the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.Wed, 05 Oct 2005 21:46:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/28/photo.leak/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/28/photo.leak/index.htmlMetropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair has expressed concern about the leak of photographs showing key evidence in the London bomb investigations.Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:55:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/30/al.zarqawi.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/30/al.zarqawi.tm/index.htmlMystery has always surrounded Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq and the country's deadliest terrorist.Mon, 30 May 2005 15:24:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/06/intelligence.bill/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/06/intelligence.bill/index.htmlCongressional negotiators have reached agreement on a bill to overhaul U.S. intelligence agencies, resolving an impasse over the control of data from spy satellites, the chairmen of the House and Senate armed services committees announced Monday.Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:48:00 EST