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08-20-2009, 10:46 AM
Explosive? Ha, old hat in the Bush Administration.
A potentially explosive charge
Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:22 AM by Mark Murray
Filed Under: Republicans, Security
From NBC's Mark Murray
U.S News' Washington Whispers reports that former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has an upcoming book claiming that he was pushed to raise the DHS security alert before the 2004 presidential election.
If true, it would be a explosive (and not-so surprising) charge.
Paul Bedard writes:
Tom Ridge, the first head of the 9/11-inspired Department of Homeland Security, wasn't keen on writing a tell-all. But in The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege...and How We Can Be Safe Again, out September 1, Ridge says he wants to shake "public complacency" over security. And to do that, well, he needs to tell all. Especially about the infighting he saw that frustrated his attempts to build a smooth-running department. Among the headlines promoted by publisher Thomas Dunne Books: Ridge was never invited to sit in on National Security Council meetings; was "blindsided" by the FBI in morning Oval Office meetings because the agency withheld critical information from him; found his urgings to block Michael Brown from being named head of the emergency agency blamed for the Hurricane Katrina disaster ignored; and was pushed to raise the security alert on the eve of President Bush's re-election, something he saw as politically motivated and worth resigning over.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/08/20/2041283.aspx
So, is Ridge cashing in? Attempting to gain political capitol? Or is he really outraged about the Bush administrations actions? If so, why wait until now to "expose" things that people pretty much already know?
P.S. Want to get a government that doesn't pull stunts like these? Donate to Rand Paul today! http://www.randpaul2010.com/
A potentially explosive charge
Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:22 AM by Mark Murray
Filed Under: Republicans, Security
From NBC's Mark Murray
U.S News' Washington Whispers reports that former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has an upcoming book claiming that he was pushed to raise the DHS security alert before the 2004 presidential election.
If true, it would be a explosive (and not-so surprising) charge.
Paul Bedard writes:
Tom Ridge, the first head of the 9/11-inspired Department of Homeland Security, wasn't keen on writing a tell-all. But in The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege...and How We Can Be Safe Again, out September 1, Ridge says he wants to shake "public complacency" over security. And to do that, well, he needs to tell all. Especially about the infighting he saw that frustrated his attempts to build a smooth-running department. Among the headlines promoted by publisher Thomas Dunne Books: Ridge was never invited to sit in on National Security Council meetings; was "blindsided" by the FBI in morning Oval Office meetings because the agency withheld critical information from him; found his urgings to block Michael Brown from being named head of the emergency agency blamed for the Hurricane Katrina disaster ignored; and was pushed to raise the security alert on the eve of President Bush's re-election, something he saw as politically motivated and worth resigning over.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/08/20/2041283.aspx
So, is Ridge cashing in? Attempting to gain political capitol? Or is he really outraged about the Bush administrations actions? If so, why wait until now to "expose" things that people pretty much already know?
P.S. Want to get a government that doesn't pull stunts like these? Donate to Rand Paul today! http://www.randpaul2010.com/