Congress sets hearing on Garland attack and “terrorism gone viral”

[TexasTowelie]

Source: Dallas Morning News

WASHINGTON — The May 3 jihadist attack in Garland has caught congressional attention. On Friday, the House Homeland Security Committee announced a hearing entitled “Terrorism Gone Viral: The Attack in Garland, Texas and Beyond.”

Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Austin, will preside at the hearing next Wednesday. A witness list hasn’t been released.

“The ISIS-inspired terror attack in Garland, Texas, demonstrated that terrorism is going viral. This hearing will examine the increasing threat from violent Islamist extremists groups, like ISIS, who use the Internet and social media to recruit fighters, share propaganda, and inspire and potentially direct attacks,” the committee announcement says.

Police shot and killed two heavily armed attackers outside a contest to draw cartoons featuring the Prophet Mohammad. Depictions of the prophet are offensive and blasphemous to Muslims. Contest sponsor Pamela Geller, an anti-Muslim activist from Long Island, N.Y., has insisted that she wanted not to provoke an attack but to celebrate free speech and push back against the creeping influence of sharia law.

Read more: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2015/05/congress-sets-hearing-on-garland-attack-and-terrorism-gone-viral.html/

[Thinkingabout]

1. Maybe Abbott was focused on the wrong event. He should be ready for the next Garland instead of

Military maneuvers. We do not hear why Abbott and his gunners have redirected, just silence.

[Archae]

2. Meanwhile actual threats from the far-right get ignored.

Because they usually are white male Christians, not black or Arab.

And BTW, what the hell can this congressional hearing actually DO?
Easy answer: Play crass petty politics.