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The five members of Congress wanted simple details on how Abedin attained a high-level security clearance. Abedin's connections to the Muslim Brotherhood could be disqualifying in any legitimate background check. Democrat representative [[Keith Ellison]], the first Muslim elected to Congress, stepped into the fray, playing the "Islamaphobia" card, avoiding the facts of the issue. Republican [[John McCain]] publicly lashed out at Bachmann from the floor of the Senate, while at the same time admitting he had not read any of the documentation requesting the investigation.<ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/310198/questions-about-huma-abedin-andrew-c-mccarthy?pg=1 Questions about Huma Abedin, National Review, July 21, 2012]</ref> A few of the so-called mainstream media outlets piled on with [[liberal]] narrative in furtherance of a longstanding vendetta against Bachmann.

The five members of Congress wanted simple details on how Abedin attained a high-level security clearance. Abedin's connections to the Muslim Brotherhood could be disqualifying in any legitimate background check. Democrat representative [[Keith Ellison]], the first Muslim elected to Congress, stepped into the fray, playing the "Islamaphobia" card, avoiding the facts of the issue. Republican [[John McCain]] publicly lashed out at Bachmann from the floor of the Senate, while at the same time admitting he had not read any of the documentation requesting the investigation.<ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/310198/questions-about-huma-abedin-andrew-c-mccarthy?pg=1 Questions about Huma Abedin, National Review, July 21, 2012]</ref> A few of the so-called mainstream media outlets piled on with [[liberal]] narrative in furtherance of a longstanding vendetta against Bachmann.

Speaker of the House [[John Boehner]] was asked about the requests for investigations by the Inspectors' General.  He stated, "I don't know Huma. But from everything that I do know of her, she has a sterling character, and I think accusations like this being thrown around are pretty dangerous."<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Keefe|first=Ed|title=John Boehner: Accusations against Huma Abedin ‘pretty dangerous’|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/post/john-boehner-accusations-against-huma-abedin-pretty-dangerous/2012/07/19/gJQAeDT6vW_blog.html|newspaper=Washington Post|date=19 July 2012}}</ref> Boehner admitted he hadn't read the letters requesting the investigations when he made his "dangerous" statement which some noted was itself dangerous.

Speaker of the House [[John Boehner]] was asked about the requests for investigations by the Inspectors' General.  He stated, "I don't know Huma. But from everything that I do know of her, she has a sterling character, and I think accusations like this being thrown around are pretty dangerous."<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Keefe|first=Ed|title=John Boehner: Accusations against Huma Abedin ‘pretty dangerous’|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/post/john-boehner-accusations-against-huma-abedin-pretty-dangerous/2012/07/19/gJQAeDT6vW_blog.html|newspaper=Washington Post|date=19 July 2012}}</ref> Boehner admitted he hadn't read the letters requesting the investigations when he made his "dangerous" statement which some noted was itself dangerous.

A bi-partisan group of national security and law enforcement experts have since written to Boehner backing the requested investigations by the Inspectors General into Muslim Brotherhood influence inside U.S. government agencies, including the State Department and Huma Abedin. The letters' signatories include former CIA Director James Woolsey, Former Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lieutenant General Harry E. Soyster and Former U.S. Attorney General [[Edwin Meese]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Letters of Support for the 'National Security Five' |url=http://gohmert.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=306163 |newspaper=gohmert.house.gov |date=7 August 2012 }}</ref>  

A bi-partisan group of national security and law enforcement experts have since written to Boehner backing the requested investigations by the Inspectors General into Muslim Brotherhood influence inside U.S. government agencies, including the State Department and Huma Abedin. The letters' signatories include former CIA Director James Woolsey, Former Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lieutenant General Harry E. Soyster and Former U.S. Attorney General [[Edwin Meese]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Letters of Support for the 'National Security Five' |url=http://gohmert.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=306163 |newspaper=gohmert.house.gov |date=7 August 2012 }}</ref>