Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson noted that Dannels was essentially a scapegoat, but still questioned her closely.

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Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi, was briefed in the Capitol complex, the source said.

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Representative BENNIE THOMPSON (Democrat, Mississippi): Ms. Dannels, I personally think you've been put under the bus by being brought here.

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U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi, who chairs the House Committee on Homeland Security, said the attempted act of terrorism would be the focus of an oversight hearing next month.

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Those Members include the Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi), and the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Sylvestre Reyes (D-Texas).

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"We cannot ignore that once again it has taken a tragedy to reveal problems in our vast, varied and numerous federal databases, " said the senior Democrat on the panel, Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi.

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Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, the ranking minority member on the House Homeland Security Committee, complained in a statement that the White House review doesn't recommend giving the director of FEMA greater access to the president during a disaster.

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Finally, there is the problem that even some Democrats on Capitol Hill - notably, Senator Joe Lieberman (technically an Independent who caucuses with Democrats) and Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chairmen respectively of the Senate and House Homeland Security Committees - recognize could eventuate at any time: an attack involving relatively short-range, ship-borne ballistic missiles used to launch a strategic electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack against this country.

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