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I do not know why Norquist went off on Gaffney. Those two have known each other a long time; there are going to be dynamics between them that outsiders will not understand. Even people who know both men well say that they are baffled by this apparent feud between them.

The article you linked to tells us that Gaffney said that Norquist's Muslim outreach efforts were a sideshow compared to what was going on in the White House. All this noise we're hearing now would have us believe that Norquist had the only hose through which questionable Muslims were flowing toward the President. That's not what he said back in April, though. Back then the White House was finding the majority of these critters all by themselves, with no help from Norquist.

Well isn't that special. How do our national security professionals propose to blame Norquist for this batch of bad guys that got into the White House?

Don't tell me. It's not their department. It's against procedures. It's the other guys' fault.

I do not know why Norquist went off on Gaffney.

Fair enough. Why is Norquist lying?

The article you linked to tells us that Gaffney said that Norquist's Muslim outreach efforts were a sideshow compared to what was going on in the White House. All this noise we're hearing now would have us believe that Norquist had the only hose through which questionable Muslims were flowing toward the President.

No, I don't believe that's a correct summation of "all this noise we're hearing now."
Norquist is a key conduit of access between Islamists and the White House. No one has suggested he's exclusive, or that he waves them past the gates all by himself.
You keep focusing on the focus being on Norquist. Inquiries have to start focusing somewhere. This one appears to be focusing early on Norquist. Is that somehow unfair?
Does it matter? How is that relevant to whether or not there's anything about which to inquire? The facts are what determines that.
Was it unfair that the Watergate investigation started with the focus on a few burglars?
The focus, for the time being, is on Norquist. My guess is that Saffuri's number is coming up soon

How do our national security professionals propose to blame Norquist for this batch of bad guys that got into the White House?

I imagine that many of them would like nothing better than to find out, and/or make it known, and prevent it from happening any further.