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| HSToday -- Germantown, Md. -- June 29, 2009 Napolitano seeks more "global collaboration" with DHS At a “pen and pad” session held Thursday June 25 with local DHS beat press reporters in Washington, DC, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Janet Napolitano outlined her agenda and priorities for her trip this week to Europe and the Middle East... |
| Federation for American Immigration Reform -- June 19, 2009 The politics of homeland insecurity Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has decided that the best way to deal with the negative aspects of the sensitive issue of dealing with illegal immigration is to move that responsibility to local officials, city, state and federal. However, George H. Wittman, writing for American Spectator, says that allowing federal responsibility... |
| William Warren -- White Mountain Independent -- Show Low, Arizona -- May 26, 2009 'Unauthorized' government ineptitude First she defended it. Then she apologized for it. -- Now she claims it was never authorized to begin with - and was sent out by some lackey employee. -- For Homeland Security Advisor Janet Napolitano, the "rightwing extremism" report issued last month has been a constant drag on her brief tenure at her new post. And for good reason... |
| WorldNetDaily.com -- May 23, 2009 'Extremism' report 'tip of the iceberg' A lawyer pursuing a lawsuit against Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano over an "extremist" report her agency issued that linked 2nd Amendment supporters, pro-life activists and others with terror says he's concerned by Napolitano's promise to "reword" the report... |
| J. Robert Smith -- American Thinker -- Bellevue, Wash. -- May 20, 2009 Napolitano's politically correct border security Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano is determined to beef up security along the rough and tumble Canadian border. That's right, Canada. -- Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano is determined to beef up security along the rough and tumble Canadian border. That's right, Canada. -- A rationale that her boss, the President, must beamingly approve of as "real change." |
| Politico -- May 20, 2009 Janet Napolitano: Legalization a hard sell As [illegal aliens'] "rights" groups are pressing President Barack Obama to step up efforts at comprehensive reform this year, one prominent member of Obama's cabinet is acknowledging that the economic downturn has made legalization of illegal [aliens] tougher to sell to the American public... |
| Fox News -- May 19, 2009 Congress to investigate Napolitano Bennie Thompson, Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, has agreed to look into the outrageous security report by Napolitano's DHS. Watch Fox News interview of Peter King (R-NY)... |
| Washington Post -- May 15, 2009 Lawmakers blast "swine flu" policy Lawmakers blasted the Department of Homeland Security today for not formalizing the use of protective face masks by employees working along the U.S.-Mexico border during the recent swine flu outbreak, suggesting the department has placed bureaucratic considerations ahead of the health and safety of its own workers... |
| Washington Times -- May 14, 2009 Report citing veteran extremism is pulled A contentious "Rightwing Extremism" report that warned of military veterans as possible recruits for terrorist attacks against the U.S. was not authorized, has been withdrawn and is being rewritten, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Capitol Hill lawmakers... |
| Peter Roff -- US News & World Report -- May 14, 2009 Napolitano working hard to be the first Obama lackey axed ...Janet Napolitano certainly seems to be working very hard toward becoming the first Obama cabinet official to get the ax. As both Robert Schlesinger and I have written about here on the Thomas Jefferson Street blog, Napolitano came under fire in mid-April after a report titled "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment" was published... |
| Janice Kephart -- Center for Immigration Studies -- May 14, 2009 'Secure'?: Another new definition from Secretary Napolitano On Wednesday, the House Homeland Security Committee conducted a hearing on the 2010 budget priorities of the Department of Homeland Security. The budget was submitted to Congress on May 7, 2009 as part of the President's $3.5 trillion Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Proposal. The ranking Republican on the subcommittee with jurisdiction over U.S. borders and counterterrorism... |
| Steve Breen -- Santa Monica Daily Press -- May 13, 2009 Enemy of the state ...In a recent comedy sketch briefing from the Department of Homeland Security, an alleged threat to our republic by U.S. veterans has to do with our prior or current military service upon its behalf? According to the "logic" of the DHS, veterans who defended the republic are now a consummate threat to it? |
| Agence France-Presse -- May 12, 2009 Napolitano defends outrageous 'extremism' report Janet Napolitano defended Tuesday her agency's 55.1-billion-dollar budget request and reassured Republican lawmakers the agency did not consider returning US soldiers to be right-wing extremists. -- The agency came under fire last month for saying troubled veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan "could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups..." |
| Frank Gaffney, Jr. -- Family Security Matters -- May 12, 2009 DHS: Making America less safe from 'man-caused disasters Give Janet Napolitano her due. The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security has taken to heart Barack Obama’s campaign pledges of "change" and "hope." Unfortunately, the changes she has effected seem generally to be to dismantle sensible Bush-era internal security policies and practices.... |
| Frank Gaffney -- Townhall.com -- May 11, 2009 Department of Insecurity Give Janet Napolitano her due. The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security has taken to heart Barack Obama's campaign pledges of "change" and "hope." Unfortunately, the changes she has effected seem generally to be to dismantle sensible Bush-era internal security policies and practices... |
| WorldNetDaily.com -- May 9, 2009 Next step? No guns allowed for right-wing 'extremists' A new gun law being considered in Congress, if aligned with DHS memos labeling everyday Americans as potential "threats," could potentially deny firearms to pro-lifers, gun-rights advocates, tax protesters, animal rights activists, and a host of others any already on the expansive DHS watch list for potential "extremism." [See Gun Grabber Watch] |
| US Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter -- Journal News -- Wayne, Michigan -- May 8, 2009 'Right wing' persons of interest ...Here, despite DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano's announcement to a German reporter that she would refrain from using the word "terrorism" and, instead, use the Orwellian (and sexist) term "man-caused disasters" to "demonstrate that we want to move away from the politics of fear toward a policy of being prepared for all risks that can occur..." |
| Austin American-Statesman -- May 8, 2009 Homeland security chief supports disastrous "DREAM Act" Janet Napolitano says she supported the DREAM Act as the governor of Arizona, and she supports it now as secretary of the DHS. -- The DREAM Act is a bill that would give [illegal aliens] who want to go to college or serve in the military opportunities to become legal U.S. residents. |
| William F. Jasper -- The New American -- May 6, 2009 More extremism from Obama's DHS The political profiling scandal at President Obama's Department of Homeland Security just keeps on growing. On Tuesday, May 5, the Washington Times reported on a newly leaked DHS document on "extremism" which reinforces concerns that the DHS is treading a dangerous path of attempting to stigmatize and criminalize... |
| Washington Independent -- May 6, 2009 Napolitano pressured to continue workplace raids Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the new ranking Republican on the the Senate Judiciary Committee, just made quite clear the pressure on Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to keep using the workplace raids I wrote about today to enforce immigration policy and sweep up illegal workers in their wake... |
| Washington Independent -- May 6, 2009 Napolitano ducks questions on amnesty At the Senate Judiciary Committee's oversight hearing this morning, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano carefully skirted repeated questions about her views of whether longtime [illegal aliens] living in the United States ought to get a chance at legalization... |
| Washington Times -- May 5, 2009 Out-of-control DHS pulled back extremism dictionary The same Homeland Security Department office that categorized veterans as potential terrorists issued an earlier report that defined dozens of "extremists" ranging from black power activists to abortion foes. The report was nixed within hours and recalled from state and local law enforcement officials...[See Big Brother Watch] |
| Gene Healy -- Washington Examiner -- May 5, 2009 Who is watching the Watchmen? April was a cruel month indeed for new Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The weeks before the Swine Flu outbreak found her stumbling through reporters' questions about a DHS threat assessment memo on "Rightwing Extremism." |
| OneNewsNow.com -- Tupelo, Miss. -- May 5, 2009 Napolitano should focus on protecting U.S., not Mexico An Iowa Congressman is outraged that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is more concerned about stopping legally-made U.S. guns from entering Mexico than she is about stopping illegal drugs and illegal aliens from penetrating the United States from Mexico... |
| Canada Free Press -- Toronto -- May 4, 2009 Horrors!: Supreme Court Justice Napolitano? Rumors are flying that Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano is on the list of possible nominees for the next Supreme Court Justice of the United States. She would fill the seat of retiring Justice David Souter, who announced last week he is leaving the court in October... |
| WorldNetDaily.com -- May 3, 2009 Guess how DHS defines who is a terrorist now? Two weeks before the U.S. Department of Homeland Security penned its controversial report warning against "right-wing extremists" in the United States, it generated a memo defining dozens of additional groups animal rights activists, black separatists, tax protesters, even worshippers of the Norse god Odin as potential "threats." |
| Michael van der Galien -- PoliGazette -- May 2, 2009 Another DHS Memo: Conservatives beware Remember the DHS report about "right-wing extremism" and the threat "right-wingers" posed? You know, the one that forced Janet Napolitano - who heads the DHS - to issue an apology for insulting tens of millions of patriotic Americans? -- Well, the department's geniuses wrote another memo... [Related item] |
| Washington Times -- April 30, 2009 Irresponsible Napolitano: No closing of southern border Top Obama administration officials [including Napolitano] Wednesday said the southern border will not be closed even if the swine flu reaches pandemic proportions, prompting demands from a Senate panel that tougher inspections be conducted at ports of entry from Mexico where the virus originated... [Trade and business take priority over Americans' welfare in the Obama Regime. There's your 'change'] |
| Windsor (Ontario) Star -- April 29, 2009 Bordering on the bizarre Too bad Janet Napolitano didn't have difficulties with the Internal Revenue Service. Canadians surely would have been better off had the former Arizona governor been vetoed as a cabinet pick, as were several other of President Barack Obama's choices.... |
| RightSideNews.com -- Kennesaw, Georgia -- April 29, 2009 Napolitano reluctant to maintain tighter border in spite of Mexican flu crisis ...It seems difficult to believe that Federal U.S. officials may be backing down from any further securing of the borders. Their attitude, in essence, that as the flu seems to be spreading so rapidly that further restriction at the borders would not help. This could be imprudent in light of the rising death toll in Mexico.... |
| WorldNetDaily.com -- April 29, 2009 Campaign demands boot for Napolitano A coalition of nearly two dozen organizations is launching a campaign that demands the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and an apology from President Obama for labeling those who hold traditional American values and conservative ideals as terrorists... |
| Jim Kouri, CPP -- Lincoln (Nebraska) Tribune -- April 28, 2009 Deadly Flu Crisis: Napolitano lacks credibility While the World Health Organization raised its global alert level regarding swine flu, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano held a press conference to address the crisis within the United States. -- Secretary Napolitano told reporters that the Obama Administration is reacting as if the swine flu outbreak is a full pandemic... |
| Jack Kelly -- RealClearPolitics -- Chicago -- April 28, 2009 Napolitano piling up the mistakes "Can somebody please tell us how U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano got her job?" asked Canada's National Post in an editorial April 22. "She appears to be about as knowledgeable about border issues as a late night radio call-in yahoo." |