As three separate Senate committees today hold hearings on the failed Christmas attack over Detroit, watch for Republicans to take the opportunity to ramp up their criticism of the Obama Administration.The three hearings today are: a Homeland Security session at 9:30 a.m. ET on the lessons of the episode with DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter, and Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair; a Judiciary hearing at 10 a.m. ET on “Anti-Terrorism Tools” with FBI chief Robert Mueller and State Department Under Secretary for Management Patrick Kennedy; and a Commerce Committee session at 2:30 p.m. ET on aviation security with Napolitano, Leiter, and 9/11 commission co-chairs Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton.
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