Chertoff Permanently Installs Hand-Picked DHS Staffers, ‘Overextending His Influence’ After 2008
Chertoff Permanently Installs Hand-Picked DHS Staffers, ‘Overextending His Influence’ After 2008
Since its establishment in 2003, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been plagued by incompetent political appointees. As late as last year, ABC News noted that DHS was still “a political dumping ground,” with 350 White House-appointed staffers (compared to just 64 at the Department of Veteran Affairs).
For the past five years, the Bush administration has refused to fire these cronies. Yet last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that all of a sudden, DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff had decided to replace many political appointees with career staffers. The reason for the White House’s sudden turnaround? According to Chertoff, they want to create a smooth transition for the next administration:
“We should not let ourselves drop the ball on the handoff,” Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said in a recent interview, adding that his department has assembled “something unusual from a historical standpoint” in its plans to hand over a fully-functioning homeland-security operation to the next administration.
Based on the administration’s track record, however, its real intentions may be less than magnanimous. The Wall Street Journal notes that the “transition planning may be perceived by the next administration as an effort by Homeland Security Chief Chertoff to overextend his influence.”
Instead of being able to appoint new, competent officials, the next administration will be stuck with Chertoff’s last-minute choices. Government-bureacracy specialist Paul Light at New York University notes:
The incoming administration may well ask whether or not the career person was appointed on the basis of merit or on the basis of political connections. That creates quite a bit of tension.
Additionally, ThinkProgress spoke with a former Pentagon official who noted that at the end of many administrations, political appointees often choose to become career officials and continue their government work. By doing this, Chertoff’s cronies may be further entrenching themselves at DHS.
Will Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (I-CT) Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee investigate this issue? (Given his track record, probably not.)
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Chertoff: Corbomite manuever? You’re bluffing Kirk.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:17 am“Larry, get out! This stall is occupied…”
January 16th, 2008 at 11:19 amChertoff = Foreign Agent
Dual Citizenship/Loyalty ought to be a disqualifier for this position.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:21 amWhy do we keep seeing Lie-Brrrrman labeled as “D-CT”? Either label him “I-CT” as he prefers, or use the more accurate label of “BushBootLicker-CT”.
Oh — and my entry for the caption contest: “Hiya, Ralphie-boy!” (OK, I only watched The Honeymooners on re-runs…but he still looks like Norton…)
January 16th, 2008 at 11:22 amSince he took office, Bush has made every effort to turn EVERY department into an arm of the Republican party.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:23 amLieberman’s political career was literally rescued by the Bush Administration. Rove personally instructed Republican operative (and enabler of the Niger foregry) Mel Sembler to host a fundraiser for Lieberman. Sembler subsequently headed up the Scooter Libby Legal Defense Fund.
Lieberman was put in charge of DHS oversight by Bush, not to oversee Chertoff, but to hide all his wrong doing.
It’s an AIPAC PROTECTION RACKET.
Chertoff was tasked with tracking down all of the EASILY TRACEABLE MONEY that funded 9/11 and was bet on Put Options prior to 9/11.
The effort was dubbed “Operation Greenquest.”
Have you EVER seen the final report?
NOT~
January 16th, 2008 at 11:25 amStill love the Bat Boy comparison!
January 16th, 2008 at 11:26 am“Sunny day – Sweepin’ oversight away,
January 16th, 2008 at 11:26 amOn my way to where the heir gets screwed.
Can you tell me how to get, how to get Pennsylvania Avenue.”
Hey Joe, what’s the deal with Mossad Operative Kobi Alexander?
He donated $2,000 to you.
Jacob “Kobi” Alexander, the Israeli founder of Comverse Technology, one of the leading Mossad companies involved in the terror attacks has fled justice in the United States and escaped to Israel with at least $57 million of ill-gotten gains.
Kobi Alexander should be arrested and interrogated about his knowledge of the events of 9/11. His company acquired the other Mossad firm, Odigo, shortly after it was revealed that Odigo employees had been forewarned of the attacks on the World Trade Center.
This is the tip of the Israeli criminal mafia who is behind the terror attacks on 9/11.
Here is a relevant section from one of my articles about Mossad’s involvement in 9/11, which I posted on RMN on April 7, 2005:
At least two Israel-based employees of Odigo received warnings of an imminent attack in New York City more than two hours before the first plane hit the WTC. Odigo had its U.S. headquarters two blocks from the WTC. The Odigo employees, however, did not pass the warning on to the authorities in New York City, a move that could have saved thousands of lives.
Odigo has a feature called People Finder that allows users to seek out and contact others based on certain demographics, such as Israeli nationality.
Two weeks after 9/11, Alex Diamandis, Odigo’s vice president, reportedly said, “It was possible that the attack warning was broadcast to other Odigo members, but the company has not received reports of other recipients of the message.â€
The Internet address of the sender was given to the FBI, and two months later it was reported that the FBI was still investigating the matter. There have been no media reports since.
Odigo, like many Israeli software companies, is based and has its Research and Development (R&D) center in Herzliya, Israel, the small town north of Tel Aviv, which happens to be where Mossad’s headquarters are located.
Shortly after 9/11, Odigo was taken over by Comverse Technology, another Israeli company. Within a year, five executives from Comverse were reported to have profited by more than $267 million from “insider trading.”
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?read=68985
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=91721
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/15368320.htm
Sleuthing the trail of a fugitive CEO
EX-COMVERSE HEAD, SOUGHT IN SCANDAL, DROPS FROM SIGHT
In the unfolding saga of stock-option fraud, few characters are more curious than an Israeli entrepreneur named Jacob “Kobi” Alexander.
The 54-year-old entrepreneur, who nurtured Comverse Technology from a penny-stock, high-tech wannabe to a leading producer of voice-mail software with 5,000 employees, fled the United States this month rather than face charges of scheming to manipulate stock options.
Alexander was born in Israel, the son of Zvi Alexander, who is considered the founder of that nation’s meager oil industry. The younger Alexander served in the Israeli military and intelligence services and has spent much of his adult life going back and forth between Israel and the United States.
By 1984, Alexander was back in the United States, helping launch Comverse on New York’s Long Island. The start-up took off in the 1990s, eventually selling its high-tech wares in more than 120 countries and seizing on niche opportunities, such as digital eavesdropping for law enforcement.
On Thursday, the Israeli newspaper Maariv reported that private investigator Moshe Buller had reportedly tracked Alexander to the Indian Ocean island of Sri Lanka by tracing a call the beleaguered entrepreneur had made over the Internet.
Israeli authorities have not commented on the case. But the public there remains fascinated with the tale of the local hero turned fugitive.
“It’s a really big story in Israel,” journalist Yom-Tov said. “It’s an amazing story.”
Hey Joe…it’s a BIG STORY in Israel.
Why is the American Mainstream Media not covering this story?
Did Kobi Alexander have foreknowledge of 9/11?
Did you?
January 16th, 2008 at 11:28 amhe still looks like Norton…)
Comment by The Dogfather — January 16, 2008 @ 11:22 am
To me, he looks like the short old guy from the Benny Hill show. Or, as my post #8 suggests, a really bad Muppet.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:28 amThe incoming administration may well ask whether or not the career person was appointed on the basis of merit or on the basis of political connections. That creates quite a bit of tension.
ask away… but to hell with “tension”…
clean the whole damn place up… “out with the old…”
after all the trouble and pain bushco has caused, i would not understand
ANYone who didn’t want to clean up, thoroughly, this whole mess…
and, i’d bet everyone else will understand too…
sure there will be crybabies… too f’n bad…
January 16th, 2008 at 11:30 amhttp://planetquo.com/Bad-Company
ICTS UK Ltd is another Israeli-run ‘transportation security’ company with offices in London. Although the company’s registered address is listed as 8 Baker Street, they operate, however, from an office on the first Floor of Tavistock House South. Curiously, this is the exact same location that Fortress GB operate from. More curious still, Tavistock House is the exact location where the number 30 bus exploded on 7th July.
Given that both companies provide ‘transportation security’ services, operate from the same floor of the same office complex, and given that both are owned and run by Israelis, only a hardened ‘coincidence theorist’ would deny that there is evidence indicating tangible links between the two. Indeed, one could be forgiven for believing that the same people are behind Fortress GB Ltd and ICTS UK Ltd.
As Christopher Bollyn points out, these companies merit being investigated because “they provide ’security technology’ for the tube lines that were bombed.” Bollyn also points out that these Israeli companies perfect their ’security’ skills in Israel and Iraq and then apply them in Britain and the USA.
ICTS International were the company who ran the security arrangements at ALL the airports from where the hijacked airliners departed from on the morning of September 11th, 2001.
http://planetquo.com/Bad-Company
US Nuclear Weapons Being “Guarded” By Israel
American supporters of Israel were delighted to learn that an Israeli company, Magal Security Systems – owned in part by the government of Israel – is in charge of security for the most sensitive nuclear power and weapons storage facilities in the United States.
The largest perimeter security company in the world, Magal started out as a division of Israeli Aircraft Industries (IAI) – which was owned in part by the government of Israel. In recent years, however, Magal evolved into a publicly-traded company, although IAI (and thus the government of Israel) still holds a substantial share in the highly successful firm.
What all of this means is that the government of Israel will actually have control over the Security of America’s nuclear weapons.
And with current U.S. Homeland Security Chief, Michael Chertoff, not only a strong supporter of Israel but also the son of a woman who has strong Israeli ties – even including service with El Al, the national airline of Israel-Magal, owned in party by Israeli Aircraft Industries – will be a clear-cut favorite in the eyes of the power brokers in official Washington who have the power to grant lucrative security contracts.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:32 amNo Katrina accountability for Chertoff (the Israeli) – thanks to Joe Lieberman, the AIPAC representative.
Joe Lieberman Betrays Hurricane Katrina victims after being elected in 2006, with the help of the GOP:
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/60797/
A prominent Republican who chairs I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s legal defense fund in the CIA leak affair co-hosted a fundraiser Wednesday for Sen. Joe Lieberman, who is running for re-election as an independent after losing the Democratic party primary.
Mel Sembler, a former Republican National Committee finance chairman, helped organize a reception that raised about a “couple hundred thousand dollars” for Lieberman, who was in attendance.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/21/america/NA_POL_US_Connecticut_Senate.php
So Israeli agent Chertoff is protected by Israeli agent Lieberman who was backed by Israeli agent Sembler – the former Ambassador of Italy during the time frame of the Niger Forgery being planted in Rome –
http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/2005_11_13_patriotboy_archive.html#113186638454783857
The smoking gun of the lies that led to war:
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/context.jsp?item=June2002GhorbanifarMeeting
AIPAC’s operatives, Ledeen, Rhode, Franklin (indicted for spying on behalf of AIPAC) Ghorbanifar, etc. were all present for this secret meeting.
AND Sembler was also the head of the “Save Israeli Agent Scooter Libby” defense fund.
And now the administration wants to put Chertoff in charge of the entire US Judicial System? Guess who Bush works for…AIPAC.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:32 amI’ve never heard of replacing political appointees with careersists at the end of the Administration to ensure a legacy lives on. That’s utter nonsense – since the careerists occupying the political slots can be fired on the first day the new President arrives (those are “pleasure of the President jobs”).
And careerists would be stupid to take those jobs because once they change from career to political, they are no longer guaranteed any sort of employment and would have to reapply.
Other way around, however is more troubling – the procedure is called “burrowing in.” Political appointees after serving for a fixed amount of time (varies per agency and appointment type) can get a leg up in applying for career jobs. Now since the political appointees have taken over hiring decisions (a Bush-era phenomenon, before it was career people hiring career people) it’s virtually assured that a Bush appointee can land a career slot.
Trouble is, converting from political to career is rules-based and subject to review. But also abuse. There’s a voluminous stack of GAO reports written about the practice over the years.
But probably best for you to read the case of Bush appointee Gary Malphrus (he was a young White House staffer who suddenly became an immigration judge) and see what we’re going to be in for —
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003299.php
January 16th, 2008 at 11:33 amHi Ace!
January 16th, 2008 at 11:35 amOh, that *picture*!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
January 16th, 2008 at 11:35 amremember, there has been nothing done by DHS. It was all designed to funnel money to cronies. If you look at their record, you will see where the billions went. Anyone think of checking the bank account for the installed turds?
January 16th, 2008 at 11:36 amjust one thing DHS has done? can’t find a thing huh? wonder no more
The Israeli, Dubai, Chertoff Connection
Wayne Madsen – Wayne Madsen Report March 3, 2006
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=4246
must reading.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:36 amHi Ace!
Comment by DRxJ — January 16, 2008 @ 11:35 am
Ace is gone, but Plunger is right here:
http://plungerspeaks.blogspot.com
ALL of their criminality is revealed for those who will take the time to read.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:38 amAnd another thing…
Chertoff says Europe poses terrorism threat
By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) – Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Wednesday that one of the biggest threats to U.S. security may now come from within Europe.
http://tinyurl.com/369t3y
Be afraid, be VERY afraid!!!
January 16th, 2008 at 11:38 amWhat a goofball. What a goober.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:39 amWas it Cheney who ordered Chertoff to kill the Ptech Investigation??? And Remember “Operation Greenquest?†That investigation was killed too!
http://rigorousintuition.blogspot.com/2005/01/michael-chertoff-and-sabotage-of-ptech.html
A tipster was Indira Singh, who has said she recognizes the separate command and control communications system Mike Ruppert describes Dick Cheney to have been running on September 11th as having “the exact same functionality I was looking for (Ptech).”
The Ptech case turned into an ugly dispute last year when company whistleblowers told Greenquest agents about their own suspicions about the firm’s owners. Sources close to the case say those same whistleblowers had first approached FBI agents, but the bureau apparently did little or nothing in response. With backing from the National Security Council, Greenquest agents then mounted a full-scale investigation that culminated in a raid on the company’s office last December. After getting wind of the Greenquest probe, the FBI stepped in and unsuccessfully tried to take control of the case.
Whatever the truth, there is no dispute that the case has so far produced no charges and indictments against Al-Qadi or anyone else connected with Ptech.
What role did Dick Cheney play in killing the investigation into Al-Qadi?
Now, how does Chertoff figure in the Ptech story? It goes back to the turf war of two years ago over Operation Greenquest, “the high-profile federal task force set up to target the financiers of Al Qaeda and other international terrorist groups.”
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January 16th, 2008 at 11:40 amClearly ptech represent some nexus between the government and terrorism that must not be revealed, and Chertoff is just the man to cover it up.
9/11, first and foremost – was about making the Twin Towers go away.
They were effectively condemned dinosaurs – a drag on the Port Authority and a liability on the books of Halliburton, who acquired the ASBESTOS LIABILITY CLAIMS when CHENEY PURCHASED DRESSER TO SAVE BUSH A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR LOSS.
GHW Bush already tried to bring them down once using the FBI and his agent – Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.
Chertoff ran the coverup.
On 9/11, he partnered with Mossad to ensure their destruction.
Cheney was at the controls, using Dov Zakheim’s SYSPLAN (FTS) to guide the aircraft remotely to their targets, while Kobi Alexander’s PTECH Software (a PROMIS knockoff) blinded NORAD.
Norm Minetta walked in and caught Cheney in the act – and was fired for testifying honestly before the 9/11 Commission:
references…
http://newsmine.org/archive/9-11/norad-faa-response/cheney-stand-do
http://www.9-11commission.gov/archive/hearing2/9-11Commission_Heari
CHERTOFF RAN THE COVERUP.
Some of us can see the entire picture.
For those of you interested in knowing the ENTIRE TRUTH…all of the answers are available if you search them out.
Rumsfeld acknowledge the theft of Trillions of Dollars of DOD funds by Dov Zakheim (sent to Israel). He also stated that flight 93 had been shot down, and that the Pentagon was hit by a “missile.”
Zakheim acquired civilian Boeing aircraft in advance of 9/11 to retrofit as fuel tankers. Remember the size of the fireball when the second tower was struck?
That was a converted tanker.
Larry Silverstein confessed to having brought down his building(s) with explosives.
Raytheon was intimately involved in the entire operation.
CHERTOFF RAN THE COVERUP.
This is not conspiracy theory.
These are Conspiracy Facts.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:41 amSENATOR GRAHAM CALLS FOR ACTION AGAINST AMERICANS WHO DISAGREE WITH BUSH
Sen. Lindsey Graham suggested to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales a new target for the administration’s domestic operations — Fifth Columnists, supposedly disloyal Americans who sympathize and collaborate with the enemy.
“The administration has not only the right, but the duty, in my opinion, to pursue Fifth Column movements,” Graham, R-S.C., told Gonzales during Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Feb. 6.
“I stand by this President’s ability, inherent to being Commander in Chief, to find out about Fifth Column movements, and I don’t think you need a warrant to do that,” Graham added, volunteering to work with the administration to draft guidelines for how best to neutralize this alleged threat. “Senator,” a smiling Gonzales responded, “the President already said we’d be happy to listen to your ideas.”
http://uncapitalist.com/blog/?itemid=1329
CHERTOFF SETTING THE STAGE FOR ARRESTING BLOGGERS:
http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.yahoo.com%2Fs%2Fnm%2F20061017%2Fwr_nm%2Fsecurity_chertoff_dc%3B_ylt%3DAq31AQx4TKjh9chd4l0E4ZQjtBAF%3B_ylu%3DX3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-
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“PROBABLE CAUSE”
These are the two words that represent the threshold required to obtain a warrant under FISA.
“REASONABLE SUSPICION”
These are the two words that separate Bush’s existing program from falling within the law of the land.
Bush and Gonzales have attempted to reinterpret the Constitution, claiming that spying on US Persons is justified when there exists a “REASONABLE SUSPICION” of wrong doing.
The threshold is “PROBABLE CAUSE” – a HIGHER THRESHOLD than Reasonable Suspicion.
They will avoid using these two words at all cost.
Regardless, a warrant under the supervision of FISA is ALWAYS a requirement for spying on US persons…period.
The ONLY reason not to seek a warrant under FISA is if the target of the spying is a US person for whom there is no “PROBABLE CAUSE” of a direct connection to terrorism.
Logic dictates that those who have been the subject of NSA surveillance without benefit of FISA have been US Persons not likely to be involved with terrorists.
Spying on US Persons for political purposes (or revenge) is the stuff impeachments are made of.
IMPEACH
January 16th, 2008 at 11:43 amace, weren’t you banned for this same behavior?
January 16th, 2008 at 11:44 amThe idea that any administration can do anything permanently is the height of arrogance. Like Bush’s desire to make the tax cuts on the superwealthy “permanent”. Complete bullsh!t. He has no right to dictate to any subsequent Presidents anything at all.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:49 amCaption Contest:
“I don’t know why people think I look like Scatman Crothers having a vision in The Shining.”
January 16th, 2008 at 11:51 amCaption contest:
January 16th, 2008 at 11:51 amWOWOWWO! was that the last BEAD?
Memo to next President:
Dear Sir or Madam;
Please carpetbomb the entire Department of Homeland Security prior to eliminating it from our government.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
The People.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:52 amSupport the Impeachment of Dick Cheney!
Today is National Call-In Day
The call is FREE and only takes a minute of your time.
1-800-828-0498 (White House Switchboard, ask to be connected to your Rep.)
Tell your Representative to support HR 333 The Impeachment of Dick Cheney!
If you’re more ambitious call the members of the House Judiciary Committee (found here: http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMembership.aspx)
January 16th, 2008 at 11:53 amSo (trying to bring a hijacked thread back), you know what’s going to happen, don’t you?
The new administration comes on board and looks at DHS and sees all these political flunkies with no real experience or expertise in crucial positions and cleans house. The Republicans immediately start screaming no matter how qualified the replacements are.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:54 amWhat’s that you say? Sen. Joe Lieberman has the ball?
Shit.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:58 amThe next Administration should squash this poorly run agency right away, firing ALL it’s staff. They then can impliment a new agency under a new name that actually performs the duties this agency was tasked with. They could do something real novel and hire a staff that is actually qualified to do their jobs. If this is beyond the next Administrations reach then Congress should simply de-fund the agency. Maybe then we could actually have someone checking the shipping containers coming into our Country, following the money trail of terrorist groups and setting aside realistic funds to assist the states in defending against future attacks. Being a New Yorker I find it appaling that the DOHS has played favoritism and shear stupidity in how it breaks down how the money is doled out. I wouldn’t even mind the rampant cronyism so much if these people were qualified and could do their jobs. Jeebus, this current Administration just keeps making a bigger and bigger mess for the next President. But then again, that’s just what the GOP want. Their “great experiment” has been a smashing success for them so far. Doing everything they can to ruin our system of government and then prove that it doesn’t work. How ANYONE who loves this Country could possibly vote for these traitorous Repigs will never cease to amaze and dissapoint me.
January 16th, 2008 at 12:05 pmActually from what we hear New York is handling their security very well without Homeland Securitiy’s bumbling help. But I agree the report of giving more dollars to some town in Montana than New York blew me away. Like Montana is a target.
January 16th, 2008 at 12:18 pmDid anyone notice?…..Chertoff KNOWS the Democrats WILL take the whitehouse,so now to try and protect busco leaches. Bush is trying to make comitments way beyond 08.
January 16th, 2008 at 12:34 pm“Permanently installed” political appointees? Gee, conservatives have been honking and braying about entrenched government bureaucrats for years. I would think conservatives would have a real problem with something like this. Kind of makes you wonder if they have any values at all.
January 16th, 2008 at 12:42 pmSeriously though, this will not stand. There is really no reason to worry about this because even if the executive branch can’t force resignations of these entrenched political appointees, the Dems WILL have supermajorities in both chambers and will legislate this if necessary. This is simply a pathetic attempt to retain some of their political power in a year they know will be a political bloodbath for them. It’s not going to work.
January 16th, 2008 at 12:44 pmPhoto Caption: Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
January 16th, 2008 at 12:52 pmSeparated at birth…
January 16th, 2008 at 12:54 pmSmoke and mirrors
January 16th, 2008 at 1:02 pmDogs and ponies
The President of the United States and his cronies
My God, this guy is Skeletor!
January 16th, 2008 at 1:09 pmThis is all part and parcel of the neo-con coup–soon the bulk of the government will all be dancing to Gounod’s , “Dance of the Marionettes”! Por ejemplo, the courts are being packed, Justice was packed, Homeland Security (God, I hate the sound of it), Defense, etc.
There is a coup/apolitical war going on under our noses and most of us only catch glimpses of it through a glass, darkly. If Democrats, Liberals, Progressives, Populists, Libertarians, etc., don’t take note and fight for their lives, this country will be in hands of the Richard Mellon Scaife’s, the Hunt brothers’s , the Coors’s, the Moon’s, the Murdoch’s, and that ilk and we will all selling pencils on street corners or begging for handouts without a shred of our Constitution left.
January 16th, 2008 at 1:25 pmWe need to know some more facts. However, I would suspect that the career civil servants are being moved into slots which will be redesignated as nonpolitical spots. This will provide the Republican scum with several advantages:
1. They will claim public good will by noting how they are being nonpartisan by assisting the new administration with a fully functioning and professional staff. The WSJ article certainly took that tact.
2. They will redesignate carefully groomed fifth columnists in much the same manner as the DoJ did within a number of its departments. Thus, the career civil servants hiring additional members will use a set political agenda.
3. Any objections by a Democratic administration will be met with howls of protest because the Democrats are being partisan and attempting to circumvent civil service laws.
The only way to deal with this problem is to treat the Republican scum as the criminals are. Just as it was necessary to de-Nazify Germany, it will be necessary to remove the Republicans from this government.
January 16th, 2008 at 1:27 pmmother, mary and joseph!
January 16th, 2008 at 1:44 pmthat is one ugly mug!
How’s the terror alert status at Indiana roller rinks, Skeletor?
January 16th, 2008 at 2:22 pmI wonder how many other Zionists he put into office.
January 16th, 2008 at 2:27 pmPutting political hacks without qualifications in permanent civil service jobs at the end of an administration is called “burrowing in”. Republicans do it quite a bit because it is a way to repay the hacks. It is for medium to low level operatives who can’t do much of anything else and need a job with benefits. They appoint themselves to medium level management positions or sometimes technical jobs in primo job location postings never in Hellhole Mississippi. The civil service laws do protect them for a while from the new administration, but they can be removed. I did it in the 1990’s and it is not that difficult. These are the people who do not like to be supervised, given job performance improvement plans, or told they need to be transferred. It can be done within the rules because they are almost all incompetent. A new administration simply needs to make clear that they want the deadwood cleared and productivity is required. Two hacks I supervised became better than average employees but they accepted transfers. Civil service laws do not protect lousy employees, only lazy bosses do.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:17 pmFor the past five years, the Bush administration has refused to fire these cronies. Yet last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that all of a sudden, DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff had decided to replace many political appointees with career staffers. The reason for the White House’s sudden turnaround? According to Chertoff, they want to create a smooth transition for the next administration….
Ummmm. By appointing politically vetted and approved “career staffers”, they’re just trying to make it more difficult to depoliticise the department. Just because they’re long-termers doesn’t mean they’re not political hacks.
Cheers,
January 16th, 2008 at 5:31 pm#4 The Dogfather:
Why do we keep seeing Lie-Brrrrman labeled as “D-CTâ€? Either label him “I-CT†as he prefers, or use the more accurate label of “BushBootLicker-CTâ€.
I prefer “Lieberman [I-Likud]“.
Cheers,
January 16th, 2008 at 5:34 pm.
SINCE WHEN HAS AMERICA BEEN KNOW AS…
T H E
H O M E L A N D ?
I’ve always thought of Her as America.
.
January 18th, 2008 at 5:34 amRelated satire at http://www.hubpages.com/hub/iniquity
January 18th, 2008 at 11:53 amChertoff as the Screaming Skull and bookburner from Fahrenheit 451.
Chertoff Targets discontent and H.R. 1955: The Center of Excellence is Watching You.