Posted on 01/08/2010 12:43:55 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Dems plot to protect Napolitano By: Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan January 8, 2010 03:16 PM EST
Democrats worried about protecting the homeland in wake of the Christmas Day terror plot are also working to protect one of their own: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
With at least seven congressional committees investigating the failures behind the terror plot, Democrats are carefully gaming out the testimony of Napolitano to spare her from the worst of the GOP criticism.
First, they may shield her from the Senate Judiciary Committee, keeping conservative senators like Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and others from bashing her in a major public forum. She may instead appear before the Senate Commerce Committee, where some expect her to receive gentler treatment.
Next, the White House is working on Sen. Joe Lieberman, the mercurial chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, to avoid an ugly clash in his hearings. Lieberman will grill the secretary but won’t call for Napolitano to resign, and he could reiterate his support for her remaining at the DHS post, Senate aides say.
“To some extent it’s going to be a free-for-all; we are as angry as anybody about this,” said an aide to a senior Senate Democrat. “But apart from saying the wrong thing early on, the breaches aren’t really the fault of Napolitano and DHS, so she’s not going to be the target.
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“Dems plot to protect Napolitano”
(shhh....don’t anyone tell them they’re too late)
Hello....??...Is it just me or, has everyone forgot that eye witnesses state the “underwear” bomber was escorted on the plane without passport, and that another passenger was video recording this patsy the whole time he was on the plane. How can we get excited about a blame game, when it is obvious that this was another staged event, with this false flag events result is body scanners everywhere. Plus, it supposedly justifies expanding the war machine into Yemen which had already begun prior to this incident.
I have never understood how a colossal behemoth of government bureaucracy such as her could land a cushy National Security job without ANY experience in..National Security!
Brennan. Why is he still there. He must know something that protects him.
What a sleazy bunch of trash.
yes, he secured obama’s passport.
that’s not cat, it’s possum!
huh! waste of a good possum
Before even scheduling hearings, the Democrats have determined DHS is guilt-free, other than saying the wrong thing early on. Now THAT'S government efficiency.
Why?
And why does she have the job in the first place?
But Tea Partiers are hypocrites if they so much as share a map to get to the rally.
You mean like the Commander-in-Chief? Zero experience in national security issues? I’m convinced he selected Incompetano so he’ll look good by comparison.
Al Qaeda can actually organize an efficient attack on American citizens and American interests that can be carried out by between 1 and 20 people at a cost of under $250,000.
These people can't organize anything efficient, whatsoever, nor anything that doesn't involve a cast of thousands and a cost of billions, if not trillions of dollars.
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