{"id":1142,"date":"2015-12-15T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2015\/12\/15\/setting-hook\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:26:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:26:11","slug":"setting-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1142","title":{"rendered":"Setting The Hook"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9876,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/oversight.house.gov\\\/hearing\\\/terrorism-and-the-visa-waiver-program&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/oversight.house.gov\\\/hearing\\\/terrorism-and-the-visa-waiver-program\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9877,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/oversight.house.gov\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/12-10-2015-Joint-Subcommittee-Hearing-on-VWP-Burriesci-DHS-Testimony.pdf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nWatching Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) questioning a governmental official is a thing of beauty. It is like watching a master angler letting the fish nibble the bait and then suddenly setting the hook. The fish is hooked and wondering just what the heck just happened.<\/p>\n<p>This past Thursday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee&#8217;s Subcommittee on National Security held a hearing on <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/hearing\/terrorism-and-the-visa-waiver-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Terrorism and the Visa Waiver Program&#8221;<\/a>. The lead witness was <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12-10-2015-Joint-Subcommittee-Hearing-on-VWP-Burriesci-DHS-Testimony.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kelli Ann Burriesci, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.<\/a> She heads the Screening Coordination Office. Part of her office&#8217;s job is to facilitate transfer of information from the FBI&#8217;s Terrorist Screening Database to the TSA&#8217;s No-Fly List.<\/p>\n<p>The video below shows Gowdy questioning Burriesci. The first two minutes are setting the stage for Gowdy&#8217;s question where he sets the hook. That question is at 2:50 in the video. While excerpts of this questioning are out there, I think it is instructional to watch Gowdy&#8217;s questioning before he begins to set the hook.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MEFnnodrn7M\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\nGowdy&#8217;s key question is \u201cLet me ask you another question about the terrorism list, what process is afforded a U.S. citizen before they go on that list?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burriesci&#8217;s answer is that there is no process afforded a citizen before they are put on the list but only a process after they get on the list. This is just the answer Gowdy wanted and as a prosecutor in a prior life he knew he was going to get it.<\/p>\n<p>It only gets better after that.<\/p>\n<p>Gowdy&#8217;s point, of course, is that the denial of due process with regard to an enumerated right such as the Second Amendment is, by its very nature, unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>Those who would use the No-Fly list, the Terror Watch List, or the FBI&#8217;s omnibus Terrorist Screening Database as the basis to deny a citizen&#8217;s rights under the Second Amendment &#8211; or any civil right for that matter &#8211; are playing a dangerous game. That many Democrats and gun prohibitionists are doing it to score political points makes it unconscionable.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watching Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) questioning a governmental official is a thing of beauty. 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