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Who Cleared Van Jones?
Weekly Standard ^ | September 4, 2009 | John McCormack

Posted on 09/05/2009 5:26:49 AM PDT by kingattax

Bob Beckel said on Fox this morning that Obama White House green jobs czar Van Jones will be canned by Tuesday. Beckel reasoned that Jones's background is simply indefensible for a White house appointment, and wondered if the FBI screwed up because they must not have uncovered this in the vetting process.

Former White House staffers I’ve spoken with say they would bet the FBI uncovered much of Jones’s past--especially if Jones truthfully answered their questions. What would then happen is this: the background report would go to the Counsel’s office (run by Greg Craig), who would then raise the question of whether what the FBI found was disqualifying with the the potential employee’s boss. Jones was hired by Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley, but he presumably (and ultimately) reports to the chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. Emanuel must have decided that nothing in Jones’s background was alarming enough to prevent his appointment.

So even if Jones is thrown overboard this weekend, it’s worth asking: Did Rahm sign off on Jones’s appointment despite what the FBI must have discovered about his background. And, incidentally--did Jones tell the truth to the FBI?

I’ve sent an email asking this question to Rahm Emanuel’s office. I’ll report when he gets back to me.


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get rid of all these "czars".
1 posted on 09/05/2009 5:26:49 AM PDT by kingattax
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To: kingattax
Who Cleared Van Jones?

;)

2 posted on 09/05/2009 5:29:21 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (http://www.conservatives4palin.com/)
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To: kingattax

Craig Livingstone lives!


3 posted on 09/05/2009 5:29:53 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: kingattax
Who Cleared Van Jones?

Who hired Craig Livingston?

4 posted on 09/05/2009 5:30:03 AM PDT by gusopol3
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To: kingattax

Why even suggest that his background wasn’t known.

IMHO, it is his background that made him so valuable to the O team.


5 posted on 09/05/2009 5:30:28 AM PDT by Carley (WHEN YOU HONOR THE DISHONORABLE YOU SHOW YOUR OWN TRUE COLORS)
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To: Drango

you beat me to it.


6 posted on 09/05/2009 5:30:38 AM PDT by gusopol3
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To: kingattax

Jones is just one more group thinker...they all agree.


7 posted on 09/05/2009 5:30:44 AM PDT by lonestar (Obama is turning Bush's "mess" into a catastrophe.)
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To: kingattax

Bekel the DNC mouthpiece sets up the FBI to be thrown under the bus.


8 posted on 09/05/2009 5:32:39 AM PDT by whershey
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

lol..kent strikes again !


9 posted on 09/05/2009 5:32:51 AM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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Thank you Glen Beck! This is going to be fun to watch and HE is the one that got this all started.

So what a poor 0 to do? Jettison Jones and piss off his fringe wacko Leftist Internet base or cling to him and drive another nail in the coffin of his reputation with the "moderates".

Either way it's a lose for the 0.

10 posted on 09/05/2009 5:33:16 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Carbon offsets? Sounds like the Environmental Church wants us to buy climate indulgences.)
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To: kingattax

Jones is where he is courtsey of the fools and traitors that put obama in the WhiteHouse. Blame them.


11 posted on 09/05/2009 5:34:08 AM PDT by sport
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I’ve sent an email asking this question to Rahm Emanuel’s office. I’ll report when he gets back to me.

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the answer.

12 posted on 09/05/2009 5:36:34 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really necessary?)
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To: kingattax

Who cleared Barack Obama?


13 posted on 09/05/2009 5:39:41 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (Are they insane, stupid or just evil?)
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To: kingattax

I saw Bob on Sean’s panel. If he is coming out against Jones, there is a huge problem.


14 posted on 09/05/2009 5:40:25 AM PDT by mathluv ( Conservative first and foremost, republican second - GO SARAHCUDA!!!!)
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To: kingattax
do we know for certain that the FBI was allowed to do backgrounds for the “special advisers?” - or did Obama have his legal office do the job?
15 posted on 09/05/2009 5:40:54 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
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And, incidentally--did Jones tell the truth to the FBI?

Who cares these days. He told the truth to Google and YouTube. The bottom line is that Obama and Rahm new exactly what they were getting with this guy. He fits the Obama template to a Teeee.

16 posted on 09/05/2009 5:42:53 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: gusopol3
Today's episode of "Where are they now?: Craig Livingstone"

My guess is he's working at the State Department.

17 posted on 09/05/2009 5:43:41 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (Are they insane, stupid or just evil?)
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To: kingattax

0bozo brings the media’s new dysfunctional reality show to America:

Dancing with the Czars.

0bama lies and the Constitution dies,


18 posted on 09/05/2009 5:43:50 AM PDT by R0CK3T
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Just to take your brilliant idea one step further:


19 posted on 09/05/2009 5:46:04 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (Are they insane, stupid or just evil?)
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To: Jabba the Nutt

Looks like Barney Frank, getting ready for the long three-day weekend at home. ;)


20 posted on 09/05/2009 5:47:51 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (http://www.conservatives4palin.com/)
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