Posted on 10/17/2013 5:51:28 PM PDT by montag813
Above: Obama's DHS Secretary-designee Jeh Johnson, former DOD General Counsel who led the reversal of the Pentagon's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" restrictions on "gays in the military".
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Barack Obama once again demonstrated his lack of interest in choosing national security and immigration enforcement officials who have actual experience in their fields.
Back in August, Obama surprised many in D.C. by selecting John Sandweg for new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director - despite the fact that Sandweg had zero law enforcement experience and had fought for the release of violent sexual predators and pedophiles as an attorney.
Now Obama continues his disturbing contempt for law enforcement, by choosing a career lawyer and political crony with zero immigration enforcement experience to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - and also one with very controversial views on the exercise of the rule of law.
Jeh Johnson, who was previously General Counsel at the Department of Defense before entering private practice, is a lifelong Democrat political hack, who served numerous campaigns including John Kerry and Barack Obama's presidential campaigns. In the Obama Administration , Johnson has been at the center of deeply-contentious political battles.
As chief lawyer at the DOD, Johnson spearheaded the Pentagon's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" restrictions on "gays in the military".
And libertarians will not be pleased with Johnson's central role in the approval of drone strikes against American citizens abroad and potentially on U.S. soil - having helped Obama ok the drone killing of New Mexico-born Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen in 2011 - and also the temporary position of the Administration that they had the power to target Americans suspected of terrorism on U.S. soil. Both actions are deeply unpopular with the American people.
Sen, Rand Paul (R-KY) led a filibuster on the floor of the Senate to force the Administration to reverse their position and "clarify" that the United States would not use drone strikes against noncombatant American citizens suspected of terrorism on American soil. It is unclear how much of a role Jeh Johnson played in this debate. Americans strongly supported Paul's filibuster to stop this policy (79-13%).
Excerpt...click here to read the full article...
The only GOOD thing about this, if there is a GOOD thing, is that a shyster lawyer is a step UP from Butch Napolitano.
Don't bet on it. He is light in the loafers.
Excerpt: "as I stated at the public meeting of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, belligerents who also happen to be U.S. citizens do not enjoy immunity where non-citizen belligerents are valid military objectives."
He looks it with that Barry Soetoro smirk he’s wearing.
Yes, a lawyer is exactly who we need as Homeland Security chief.
How much you want to bet this guy is partly responsible for the suicidal Rules of Engagement this administration has hamstrung our servicemen and women with?
I wonder how many actions we shot down because CAIR might be offended.
It looks like he’s saying, “Yo! Whitey! I’m in charge now and you’re gonna pay!”
looks like holder, jarrett and van jones to me...time to pay up...affirmative?
This Jack ass thinks we will just lay down?
"Let's not lose sight of the reality that in this country we have for some time entrusted the President with awesome powers and responsibilities as Commander in Chief; he controls the nuclear arsenal and he alone has the authority to use it; he alone has the constitutional authority, with certain limits, to deploy thousands of men and women in the U.S. military into hostilities on the other side of the world." [emphasis added]
Source: Keynote address at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School: A “Drone Court”: some pros and cons (~0.5MB .pdf file)
nobama really really really is a POS SOB!!!!!!!!!!!!
just saying...
Involvement in the Obama campaign in 2007-08 was one of the highlights of my personal life.
Yuck, this guy will be problematic!
It just doesn’t stop.
and he is never leaving...count on it!
Looks like you have to be black or muslim to get a job in this Administration?
Looks like you have to be black or muslim to get a job in this Administration?
If you’re a fag or a dyke that helps too...
Keep in mind that the dreaded “jack-booted thugs,” when (not if) they roll, will be wearing Homeland Security patches.
Now imagine this bozo giving marching orders to said thugs.
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