Days After Leak About Obama’s Aunt, Immigration Chief Julie Myers Announces Resignation
Days After Leak About Obama’s Aunt, Immigration Chief Julie Myers Announces Resignation
Yesterday evening, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) chief Julie Myers will be stepping down on Nov. 15, although he gave no reason for her departure. From the press release:
Assistant Secretary Julie Myers has announced that she will depart the department on Nov. 15. Julie has been an extraordinary Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and when she approached me in mid-September to discuss her departure, I knew this would be a loss for the department. Julie has been a major force in transforming ICE into a 21st century law enforcement agency. [...]
I am grateful for Julie’s many contributions to the safety and security of our homeland, and I look forward to our continued friendship.
Myers has been a controversial figure since the day that President Bush nominated her. She was widely criticized as being a crony hire, being the daughter of former Air Force Gen. Richard Myers and possessing almost no immigration or customs experience. During her tenure, ICE was heavily criticized for carrying out politically-motivated immigration raids.
Myers’s resignation comes just days after a “federal law enforcement official” told the AP that Barack Obama’s aunt was living in the United States illegally. ICE officials, however, are “prohibited from commenting on any individual’s status or the status of any case.” House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) has called for an immediate investigation into the matter. On Saturday, Tim Dickinson at Rolling Stone questioned whether Myers may have been the source of the unauthorized leak.
Recently, Myers also came under criticism for awarding “most original costume” to a government employee who dressed up in a racially-offensive costume at an agency Halloween party.
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Julie is still in trouble and can be charged with the crime she committed. Now President Obama's Aunt can also sue for her rights being violated and you know some sharp lawyer will be willing to handle the case. Julie knows she's hosed and money other Bush buddies will quickly resign as the stories come out of their crimes.
November 6th, 2008 at 12:45 pmNo doubt the paper-shredders are running 24/7 at ICE headquarters as we speak.
And, oh look... here come the 3 lb jacks (sledge hammers) for the hard drives...
SOP for the GOP...
November 6th, 2008 at 12:45 pmWhat Putin is doing has nothing to do with Obama... Bush's ego wrote a lot of checks that are now being cashed while he's still President.
As for Julie Myers... how bad do you have to be to 'resign' with two months left in the lamest of lame duck Administrations?
November 6th, 2008 at 12:52 pmOh, goodie... an idiot has shown up.
Time fer a little Whack-A-Troll™!!!
Fore!!!!!!!!
'Cuse me... playin' thru, folks...
November 6th, 2008 at 12:52 pmWatch the troll spew his usual babble on the Islamo-Leftist alliance -or whatever the hell it was.
Flag the twit.
November 6th, 2008 at 12:53 pmIncompetent, just like her pussy father.
¶ AIO
November 6th, 2008 at 12:54 pmPutin is the Man Says
November 6th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Russia is the new hope for humanity.
Down with the USA and long live Mother Russia!
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I assume you will be moving there as quickly as possible. Good luck and Godspeed -- you won't be missed.
November 6th, 2008 at 12:58 pmJackie Says
November 6th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Julie knows she’s hosed and money other Bush buddies will quickly resign as the stories come out of their crimes.
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As more and more of the Bushbots get thrown under the bus and realize they have nothing left to lose (translation: can no longer be blackmailed), we will be hearing a LOT of stories. As well as a lot of finger-pointing within their own team.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:00 pmPutin is the Man Says:
46% of the people will support our new allies in Russia and China.
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Funny t'ing... dat. Botch bein' tha one braggin' on bein' a dicktator 'n how much easier tha job would be... funny t'ing there.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:03 pmJust imagine how many tens of thousands of these Bushie incompetents are infesting the -- our -- government.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:04 pmJulie Myers, another loyal member of the Bush Crime Family takes a fall for the good of the gang. Set your google alerts to see where she shows up next.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:05 pmPutin is the Man Says: Lots of Anti-American, traitorous things.
If you hate America, please -- leave. Leave now, leave quickly. Run little piggy.... run from the big scary balck man (oooohhhhhhh..... spooooookyyyyy). we've had enough of traitors in this country, ruining it in the name of all things Republican.
Oh, and be careful when you do go to Russia: Palin can see you from her back porch.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:08 pmNorth Carolina has gone for Obama! What took so long?!?!
November 6th, 2008 at 1:13 pmIdiot alert at comments 3, 9, 10 and 12.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:15 pm"Homeland Security", another massive fraud foisted on a gullible and frightened populace by profit-seeking cronies
November 6th, 2008 at 1:17 pmof the Bush Administration.
I'll bet the idiot (3, 9, 10, 12...) is really just a regualr troll posting under a differnt name. I'd go with tracy5.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:18 pmPutin is the Man Says: Some things that the FBI would be very interested in speaking with it about.
Is that you Todd Palin?
November 6th, 2008 at 1:18 pmTHESE INVESTIGATIONS ALL HAVE TO HAPPEN AFTER JAN 21....OTHERWISE THE COMMUTER IN CHIEF WILL PARDON ALL THESE IDIOTS.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:19 pmDamn my typos. That's the last time I eat peanut butter and crackers over my keyboard.....
November 6th, 2008 at 1:20 pm"Julie Myers has announced that she will depart the department on Nov. 15."
Not so fast Julie. The FBI, John Conyers and the NAACP would like a few words with you before you go.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:20 pmJulie is off to be coached by Rove in the 101 ways to say, "I forgot," in preparation for her upcoming questioning.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:22 pmMr. P/Trajan/Putin -your obsessions (with ThinkProgress, Russia, Islam, etc) are too weird for words.
Please seek help at your nearest mental health institution. If you already are in one, ask your nurse to wheel you out of the computer lab.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:23 pmWho better to oversee immigration policy than a racist ?
November 6th, 2008 at 1:23 pmThat's funny coming from you. Your pres just got his hat handed to him by putin.
Putin went through the middle of Georgia with bush telling him to stop....what happened? Putin stomped to the very middle of Georgia and put up his flag. Daring bush to do something......did he?.....no cause he's really weak and cannot take on a real challenge.....only weak small nations.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:25 pmIf it's t5 he will come back days after we have moved on and give nasty responses to each of our posts.....he really shows us up ya know...heh.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:26 pmPutin the man ,
November 6th, 2008 at 1:29 pmIf defending the American constitution , which our elected officials swear to defend against all enemies foreign and domestic upon taking office is anti American ,then please put me at the front of the line !
We can see your angry but do you actually have any arguments of substance to propose ?
Trajan you crappy American, don't tell us how to run this country you cretin.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:35 pmPutin the man , ever heard of a presidential signing statement ? The American Bar association said several years ago it represents the greatest threat to our constitutional democracy in a generation !
November 6th, 2008 at 1:37 pmThe GAO report last summer said that upon examining laws they believed would be easy to ascertain it's effects upon they discovered that this president had instructed the Federal government to ignore more than 1/3 of all the laws they examined .
How about posse comitatus ? Thru the use of a signing statement the president has put aside posse comitatus . Ever heard of it ?
The list goes on .......
Maybe you have heard of the geneva convention ?
November 6th, 2008 at 1:39 pmDo you realize that according to USA today 10's of millions of Americans , not accused of any crime ,have been spied on and their person data collected in the worlds largest data bank .
November 6th, 2008 at 1:41 pmfreeman, there is nothing to gain from engaging Trajan in any sort of dialogue. It was so freakin' out there before Obama was elected that I personally couldn't imagine it becoming even more unglued.
I was wrong.... sigh.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:41 pmPutin is the Man Says:
Nope the 46% will be the enemy within. We will do our best to undermine your regime make Russia triumph!
November 6th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
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Ahhhh, now I get it. So when you all voted for "Country First" McCain, you didn't necessarily mean this country.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:41 pmHow about national security letters which when used in other countries have been called blanket warrants ,which have allowed FBI and NSA agents to enter your home and to do investigation on our citizenry with NO judicial oversight ?
November 6th, 2008 at 1:44 pmPutins man
November 6th, 2008 at 1:46 pmIf you are comfortable with such practices you would feel right at home in any police state !
Or perhaps you have read this excerpt from the nation magazine :
presidential nomination endorsed this radical agenda:
• End the use of military commissions to prosecute crimes.
• Prohibit the use of secret evidence or evidence obtained by torture.
• Prohibit the detention of American citizens as enemy combatants without proof.
• Restore habeas corpus for alleged alien combatants.
• End National Security Agency warrantless wiretapping.
• Empower Congress to challenge presidential signing statements.
• Bar executive use of the state secret privilege to deny justice.
• Prohibit the President from collaborating with foreign governments to kidnap, detain of torture persons abroad.
• Amend the Espionage Act to permit journalists to report on classified national security matters without threat of persecution.
• Prohibit of the labeling of groups or individuals in the U.S. as global terrorists based on secret evidence.
Of course, it is difficult to conceive of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama or even the somewhat more Constitutionally-courageous John Edwards going to such extremes.
They are, above all, cautious candidates. They don't want to be accused of getting too serious about maintaining the basic underpinnings of the Republic.
Only the nuttiest of radicals who ask that candidates for president would ask that candidates for nation's top job to start talking about the notion that the lawless presidency of George W. Bush has created a Constitutional crisis.
So what left-wing cabal is promoting the above assault on the executives excesses of the Bush administration?
The group that's advancing this so-called "American Freedom Agenda" is chaired by Bruce Fein, a former Nixon administration aide who served as deputy attorney general under President Reagan and who helped to formulate some of the serious -- pre-blue dress -- arguments for impeaching Bill Clinton. Fein is joined by former Georgia Republican Congressman Bob Barr, veteran conservative fund-raiser Richard Viguerie and David Keene, the former aide to Bob Dole who for many years has served as chairman of the American Conservative Union.
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November 6th, 2008 at 1:50 pmI'd have more respect for Putin Is the Man if he'd manage to master the wording style of the terrorist as opposed to an amateurish attempt to run some words together.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:51 pmThese radicals are all republicans .
November 6th, 2008 at 1:52 pmPRESIDENT Obama is going to have heck of a time cleaning house, or will he? He could make it easy on himself and just fire everyone Bush hired immediately, they are all corrupt cronies.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:54 pm" but barring a national catastrophy it will be hard to galvanize the AMerican public behind such a scheme "
November 6th, 2008 at 1:57 pmPNAC on the need to invade the middle east inorder to china and the developing world through control world oil supplies .
written pre 911
Bushlickers dropping like flies; you gotta LOVE it!
November 6th, 2008 at 2:10 pmTroll Pootin' sounds a lot like Daryll aka RaptureReady.
November 6th, 2008 at 2:35 pmActually Shayne, methinks thats Trajan. Sure sounds like him. Things must be real slow these days over at tpwatch.whackos/wingnuts for him to show up here.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:12 pmJulie Myers is the niece of Gen. Richard Myers. Whoever Obama appoints as Attorney General has a very long list of Bush officials to prosecute. I would be all for a special prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald anyone? If Obama goes the special prosecutor route, someone with Republican credentials would be ideal to avoid the appearance of a political witch hunt.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:08 pmWhy do we have Israeli Michael Chertoff (dual national) in charge of 'Homeland Security'?
November 6th, 2008 at 6:11 pm