Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) said in a radio interview today that some incidents, including the intentional plane crash into an Austin IRS building and the murder of three police officers in Pittsburgh, would qualify as acts of domestic terrorism.
Hoekstra, the ranking member on the intelligence committee and a candidate for Michigan governor, has attacked the administration for its handling of terrorism suspects, notably the man who tried to blow up a plane on Christmas Day. (He also took some heat for using the attempted attack in a fund-raising letter.)
From the transcript of the interview with WDET’s Craig Fahle:
CF: We’ve had a few incidents in the last year. You had the police officers in
Pittsburgh killed by a gentleman who said he was concerned that the Obama
administration was going to take away his guns. You have the recent incident where the
anti-tax person flew a plane into the IRS building in Texas, killing a Vietnam veteran by
the way. …
So there have been instances of violence, and stuff that was based on anti-
government feelings. Is this something we need to keep better track of, because many would consider these acts of domestic terrorism.PH: They would, and they would be right. Those are acts of domestic terrorism. You know they’ve resulted in the death of Americans and they resulted, they came about because certain people were just very very frustrated and angry with government and sure, we do have to keep an eye on that.
You can listen to the audio here.
