A spokesman for Rep. Frank Wolf says, “We’ve got to get to the bottom of it, one way or another. Either clear the school, and let’s move on, or if there are problems, let’s get these books out of there.”

But what of the third alternative? Shut the place down as a hazard to our national security. Even if some jihadist texts are removed, what ongoing monitors are in place and linguistically equipped to watch which other brainwashing, Saudi-financed materials replace them, and whether the school’s instructors are in fact advocating our destruction?