The only GOOD thing about this, if there is a GOOD thing, is that a shyster lawyer is a step UP from Butch Napolitano.
Excerpt: "as I stated at the public meeting of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, belligerents who also happen to be U.S. citizens do not enjoy immunity where non-citizen belligerents are valid military objectives."
Yes, a lawyer is exactly who we need as Homeland Security chief.
How much you want to bet this guy is partly responsible for the suicidal Rules of Engagement this administration has hamstrung our servicemen and women with?
I wonder how many actions we shot down because CAIR might be offended.
This Jack ass thinks we will just lay down?
"Let's not lose sight of the reality that in this country we have for some time entrusted the President with awesome powers and responsibilities as Commander in Chief; he controls the nuclear arsenal and he alone has the authority to use it; he alone has the constitutional authority, with certain limits, to deploy thousands of men and women in the U.S. military into hostilities on the other side of the world." [emphasis added]
Source: Keynote address at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School: A “Drone Court”: some pros and cons (~0.5MB .pdf file)
It just doesn’t stop.
Looks like you have to be black or muslim to get a job in this Administration?
Keep in mind that the dreaded “jack-booted thugs,” when (not if) they roll, will be wearing Homeland Security patches.
Now imagine this bozo giving marching orders to said thugs.