"Is Congress deliberately being denied critical national security information?"

By Byron York

"While the White House celebrates the capture of accused Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad, some of the people most involved in fighting terrorism in the United States are very, very worried.

On Wednesday, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs rejected the suggestion that Shahzad's ability to travel to and from Pakistan, train with the Taliban, and place a car bomb in the heart of New York City represented a "systemic failure" of the nation's security agencies. (That's what President Obama said happened in the case of Detroit Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.)

Far from seeing failure, Gibbs saw reason for celebration. Shahzad was found quickly, he pointed out, with federal, state and local authorities working together. "So in many ways, we want to celebrate the success of, rightly so, of what law enforcement was able to do," Gibbs said.

Tell that to Rep. Peter Hoekstra, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee. "These guys continue to be in denial," Hoekstra says of the White House."