How Secure Do You Feel? Top HomeLand Security Advisors Have NO Law Enforcement Experience

from the Daily Caller:

President Barack Obama’s Homeland Security secretary, Janet  Napolitano, has presided over the hiring of at least four senior staffers  and advisers who have no law enforcement experience but align politically with  the president.

Jordan Grossman was a special adviser and deputy to the deputy chief of staff  at the Department of Homeland Security, for instance, yet his resume shows no  law enforcement experience. Before Grossman got his post in January 2009, he was  a “special assistant” at the Obama-Biden presidential transition team after  working for Obama’s 2008 election campaign.

Before that, Grossman worked as a research assistant at the Annenberg Public  Policy Center, a communications think tank at the University of Pennsylvania.  Grossman also interned for the left-wing Center for American Progress, and for  the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

He lists no law enforcement experience on his resume, even though the Obama  administration had hired him into a senior law enforcement role. Grossman  has since left his government position for to attend Harvard Law School. *

Read more:  http://dailycaller.com/2012/05/14/senior-homeland-security-staffers-have-no-law-enforcement-experience/#ixzz1uxsoMaZF

Note to TSA: You WON’T Touch My Children Like This!!

http://weaselzippers.us/2011/05/09/pic-of-the-day-because-blonde-babies-fit-the-jihadi-terrorist-profile-tsa-agents-looks-for-diaper-bomb/

AP: DHS Stalls FOIA Requests Until “Party Affiliation” Is Determined

The Most Transparent Administration Evah has yet another example of doublespeak and opacity uncovered by the Associated Press.  A lengthy investigation shows that the Department of Homeland Security investigated people making Freedom of Information Act requests for their politics, and delaying legally mandated disclosures based on political considerations.  The demands for information included the party affiliation of those making the requests, a policy that came from the top:

For at least a year, the Homeland Security Department detoured requests for federal records to senior political advisers for highly unusual scrutiny, probing for information about the requesters and delaying disclosures deemed too politically sensitive, according to nearly 1,000 pages of internal e-mails obtained by The Associated Press. …

Career employees were ordered to provide Secretary Janet Napolitano’s political staff with information about the people who asked for records — such as where they lived, whether they were private citizens or reporters — and about the organizations where they worked.

If a member of Congress sought such documents, employees were told to specify Democrat or Republican.

I’ll take a wild guess that the process was not expedited for requests coming from Republicans.

This policy stopped after DHS became aware that the AP was pursuing the story, but it’s appalling nonetheless.  One career employee got reprimanded simply for referring a reporter to a public Coast Guard website for open-source information without first checking with the political politburo working for Napolitano.  The policy demanded approval before release from the political appointees, who apparently often exercised a “pocket veto” on the requests by simply never responding.  The materials that required such approval included anything relating to a White House policy priority, “controversial or sensitive” topics — and anything requested by lawmakers, journalists, activists, and watchdog groups.

for full article: http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/22/ap-homeland-security-probed-foia-requesters-delayed-data-based-on-politics/

Time Square Bomb Suspect was not “Unknown” to Dept. of Homeland Security, but Reportedly Removed from Investigation List on Obama Purge of Bush-era Investigations

The Strata Sphere is all over this story.

Confessed terrorist Faisal Shahzad was removed from the Department of Homeland Security travel lookout list sometime after Barack Obama came into office.
CBS reported:

Sources tell CBS News that would-be Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad appeared on a Department of Homeland Security travel lookout list – Traveler Enforcement Compliance System (TECS) – between 1999 and 2008 because he brought approximately $80,000 cash or cash instruments into the United States.

The New York Times reported that the person who bought Faisal’s apartment back in 2004 was interviewed by federal investigators.

George LaMonica, a 35-year-old computer consultant, said he bought his two-bedroom condominium in Norwalk, Conn., from Mr. Shahzad for $261,000 in May 2004. A few weeks after he moved in, Mr. LaMonica said, investigators from the national Joint Terrorism Task Force [JTTF] interviewed him, asking for details of the transaction and for information about Mr. Shahzad. It struck Mr. LaMonica as unusual, but he said detectives told him they were simply “checking everything out.”

Barack Obama began shutting down Bush-era terrorist investigations last year including the investigation of Faisal Shahzad.
We all know what happened next.
Last week Faisal almost blew a hole in the middle of Times Square.
The only thing that saved the people of New York was Faisal’s incompetence.

UPDATE: Faisal Shahzad had contacts with several other terrorist leaders including the radical American-born Muslim cleric Anwar Awlaki, the Taliban Chief, and the Mumbai Massacre mastermind.
ABC reported:

Shahzad also had a web of jihadist contacts that included big names tied to terror attacks in the U.S. and abroad, including the figure who has emerged as a central figure in many recent domestic terror attempts – radical American-born Muslim cleric Anwar Awlaki.

Besides Awlaki, sources say Shahzad was also linked to a key figure in the Pakistani Taliban, its Emir Beitullah Mehsud, who was killed in a drone missile strike in 2009. The Mehsuds had been family friends of Shahzad, who is the son of a former high-ranking Pakistani military officer.

Do you feel safe now?

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/05/breaking-obama-administration-removed-faisal-shahzad-from-terror-surveilance-list-before-attack/

Haitian Nationals, here illegally, line up for “Protective Status”

     With the earthquake in Haiti, the United States government has issued a temporary protective status to Haitians who have been in the US illegally. Some of these Haitians have been in the deportation mode; others have been hiding among the community.

     Now they will be processed and granted the temporary status, alowing them to obtain work visas and to remain in the US for a prescribed time period. For some, this may open the doors toward remaining permanently. The process takes about 90 days, and will cost each one $470.00.

     Last night, the Dept. of Homeland Security cleared the way for orphan children to be removed from Haiti, and brought to the US. Some of these children were awaiting the finalization of the adoption process, already having adoptive families here. Others will be put in the sysytem for adoption. Within the past hour, Gov. Ed Rendall of Pennsylvania arrived back in PA with 54 children, who were taken immediately to Children’s Hospital to be checked.

UK’s Telegraph: Obama is “Vulnerable” on Terrorism

from the Telegraph:

In his weekly radio address yesterday, President Barack Obama patted himself on the back for having “refocused the fight – bringing to a responsible end the war in Iraq, which had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks”.

He then told people to remember that “our adversaries are those who would attack our country, not our fellow Americans”, before decrying “fear and cynicism” and “partisanship and division” – the code phrases for horrid Republicans used during his 2008 election campaign.

Complacency, faux moralising and partisan shots at Republicans. It was a neat summary of where Obama is going wrong after the Christmas Day debacle when the Nigerian knicker bomber managed to waltz onto a Detroit-bound flight.

For a man who campaigned denouncing the politicisation of national security under President George W Bush, it is worth noting how intensely political Obama’s treatment of what might henceforth be known as Underpantsgate has been.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6924404/Barack-Obama-is-vulnerable-on-terror—and-he-knows-it.html

Do You Feel Secure With Janet Napolitano at the Helm of Homeland Security?

     Pres. Obama has called the Christmas Bomb Attempt an “attempted terrorist attck”. Yes, he used the “T” word!. He has said that the “system failed”. That was, of course, after Janet saidthe system worked, and then backtracked!!

     In the days that have followed the failed bombing, the finger-pointing in the Obama White House has gone in many directions, and we have had the customary “Blame Bush” rhetoric added to it. As Dick Cheney has said, Obama does not believe that we are fighting a war on terror. After all, he said in 2007 and on the campaign trail that the Muslim world will love us because of his ties to the Muslim world, including his sister being Indonesian!

     The calls for Janet Napolitano’s resignation have begun, and I believe that they will grow louder as the legislators return to DC from their recess. Several weeks ago, it was mentioned in an interview that Napolitano would resign when Obama appoints her to the US Supreme Court. She has shown her incompetence in her Cabinet position…. and these fools think she should go to the Supreme Court?? Now I really feel safe!!

Related: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/31092.html

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/article_4f45c2ea-f600-11de-8983-001cc4c03286.html

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/73877-parties-spar-over-blame-for-failed-christmas-day-attack

National Guard Advertising for “Internment/Resettlement Specialists”

An ad campaign featured on a U.S. Army website seeking those who would be interested in being an “Internment/Resettlement” specialist is raising alarms across the country, generating concerns that there is some truth in those theories about domestic detention camps, a roundup of dissidents and a crackdown on “threatening” conservatives.

 The ads, at the GoArmy.com website as well as others including Monster.com, cite the need for:

“Internment/Resettlement (I/R) Specialists in the Army are primarily responsible for day-to-day operations

in a military confinement/correctional facility or detention/internment facility. I/R Specialists provide rehabilitative, health, welfare, and security to U.S. military prisoners within a confinement or correctional facility; conduct inspections; prepare written reports; and coordinate activities of prisoners/internees and staff personnel.

The campaign follows by only weeks a report from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warning about “right-wing extremists” who could pose a danger to the country – including those who support third-party political candidates, oppose abortion and would prefer to have the U.S. immigration laws already on the books enforced.

 For full article: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106304

 

 

Shamed Clinton Appointee (drug trafficker pardon) now Obama Appointee to DHS Immigration Dept.

Obama’s New Immigration Chief Got Argentine Drug Dealer Pardon

A Clinton federal prosecutor who resigned in shame after orchestrating the pardon of a major league drug trafficker will head the Homeland Security agency responsible for overseeing lawful immigration to the United States. 

President Barack Obama has proudly crowned Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California from 1998 to 2001, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Boasting Mayorkas’ credentials as a prosecutor of public corruption, organized crime and civil rights violations, the White House announcement conveniently omits the scandalous accolade he’s best known for.  

As U.S. Attorney Mayorkas was largely responsible for freeing a drug dealer serving a 15-year prison sentence for operating a cocaine ring that stretched from California to Minnesota. The convicted drug dealer, Carlos Vignali, is the son of a wealthy political donor (Horacio Vignali) who convinced influential community leaders—mostly recipients of his generous contributions—to advocate for his son’s pardon. He also gave Hillary Clinton’s brother, Hugh Rodham, a couple hundred thousand dollars to lobby the president for a pardon.

For full JudicialWatch article: http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2009/apr/immigration-chief-got-argentine-drug-dealer-pardon

DHS & Janet Napolitano come Under Heavy Fire

     While she continues to try to defend the DHS Memorandum regarding the “right wing extremist terrorists”, like average working Americans and our military veterans, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano is under attack from all sides.

Senators want the “Proof”… they want to see the data:

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/17/senators-to-napolitano-show-us-the-data/

Federal Lawsuit Filed Against Janet Napolitano Over Homeland Security’s Rightwing Extremism Policy :

http://www.infowars.com/federal-lawsuit-filed-against-janet-napolitano-over-homeland-security%e2%80%99s-rightwing-extremism-policy/

DHS issued report on extremism despite concerns: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97JU0881&show_article=1