Security risk from foreign terrorists

[normiss 622]

Speaking of security risks...

Kushner clearance denied?

[jakee 1,255]

7 hours ago, billvon said:

Yikes.  Let's hope we see him back here and not in the papers.

I'm pretty sure Ron's just a paper tiger in that respect.

[jakee 1,255]

7 hours ago, normiss said:

Speaking of security risks...

Kushner clearance denied?

"The official, Carl Kline, is a former Pentagon employee who was installed as director of the personnel security office in the Executive Office of the President in May 2017. Kushner's was one of at least 30 cases in which Kline overruled career security experts and approved a top secret clearance for incoming Trump officials despite unfavorable information, the two sources said."

 

Am I reading this right - Kline is a political appointee who works directly for the President, and he gets to overrule career security specialists in favour of people his boss wants to have clearance? Regardless of the specific Kushner case, that's a very, very bad system.

 

(Although I have no doubt the Trump loyalists will see this as a case of liberal Deep State saboteurs being thwarted by the righteous Trump administrator. Because everyone knows the civil servants are biased and the political animals are independent.)

[SkyDekker 1,123]

5 hours ago, jakee said:

"The official, Carl Kline, is a former Pentagon employee who was installed as director of the personnel security office in the Executive Office of the President in May 2017. Kushner's was one of at least 30 cases in which Kline overruled career security experts and approved a top secret clearance for incoming Trump officials despite unfavorable information, the two sources said."

 

Am I reading this right - Kline is a political appointee who works directly for the President, and he gets to overrule career security specialists in favour of people his boss wants to have clearance? Regardless of the specific Kushner case, that's a very, very bad system.

 

(Although I have no doubt the Trump loyalists will see this as a case of liberal Deep State saboteurs being thwarted by the righteous Trump administrator. Because everyone knows the civil servants are biased and the political animals are independent.)

That's nothing. Hillary sent emails.

[wmw999 2,123]

At least one of them (George “David” Banks) apparently was going to be denied because he admitted to smoking pot in 2013. He’d served under Dubya on climate change quite honorably, apparently. 

This is partly a reflection on our drug laws, but also on his truthfulness. Most people would have just lied. 

I hope this is the exception, and not the rule  

Wendy P. 

[DJL 232]

On 1/24/2019 at 3:47 PM, Coreece said:

The proper use of these stats would be to determine why the numbers are disproportionate, and studies suggest that it's because of a variety of socioeconomic issues, not just implicit bias, xenophobia or outright racism.

There's a lot more that can be said about all this, but I feel we're getting a bit off topic and I noticed Bilvon's attempt to get this thread back on track, so maybe this discussion would be more fitting in another thread for another time?

The quickest way to turn a group into criminals is to marginalize their rights, deny them equality and implicate them in the context of bias, xenophobia or outright racism.

Want more MS-13?  Turn your back on the South American immigrant community (both legal and illegal).

Want more Muslim Extremism?  Line up at their Mosques in tactical gear with guns.

Want crime in the black ghetto?  Oh yeah, we already did that one.

[billvon 2,400]

On 1/11/2019 at 12:25 PM, SkyDekker said:

Next step in playbook:

An Incident.

So Trump caved on the shutdown, but still wants his wall.  He tried fear:

"We have turned away, at great expense, two major Caravans, but a big one has now formed and is coming. At least 8000 people! If we had a powerful Wall, they wouldn’t even try to make the long and dangerous journey. Build the Wall and Crime will Fall!" (Jan 26)

That didn't work. So he doubled (tripled?) down:

"Three separate caravans marching to our Border. The numbers are tremendous.” (Jan 30)

If one caravan didn't scare people enough, maybe THREE will!

Up next - "There are, like, a hundred caravans marching to our Border!  Only THE WALL can stop them!  Did I say a hundred?  I meant a THOUSAND caravans!  But you won't read about all those caravans in the lying liberal media."

 

 

[DJL 232]

1 hour ago, billvon said:

So Trump caved on the shutdown, but still wants his wall.  He tried fear:

"We have turned away, at great expense, two major Caravans, but a big one has now formed and is coming. At least 8000 people! If we had a powerful Wall, they wouldn’t even try to make the long and dangerous journey. Build the Wall and Crime will Fall!" (Jan 26)

That didn't work. So he doubled (tripled?) down:

"Three separate caravans marching to our Border. The numbers are tremendous.” (Jan 30)

If one caravan didn't scare people enough, maybe THREE will!

Up next - "There are, like, a hundred caravans marching to our Border!  Only THE WALL can stop them!  Did I say a hundred?  I meant a THOUSAND caravans!  But you won't read about all those caravans in the lying liberal media."

 

 

Actual footage of the HORDE attacking!!!  EDITED AFTER VIEWING.  THEY HAVE A DRAGON!!!!!!   BUILD THE WALL TALLER!!!!!

 

Edited January 31, 2019 by DJL

[normiss 622]

1 hour ago, billvon said:

So Trump caved on the shutdown, but still wants his wall.  He tried fear:

"We have turned away, at great expense, two major Caravans, but a big one has now formed and is coming. At least 8000 people! If we had a powerful Wall, they wouldn’t even try to make the long and dangerous journey. Build the Wall and Crime will Fall!" (Jan 26)

That didn't work. So he doubled (tripled?) down:

"Three separate caravans marching to our Border. The numbers are tremendous.” (Jan 30)

If one caravan didn't scare people enough, maybe THREE will!

Up next - "There are, like, a hundred caravans marching to our Border!  Only THE WALL can stop them!  Did I say a hundred?  I meant a THOUSAND caravans!  But you won't read about all those caravans in the lying liberal media."

 

 

I found it interesting when the professionals were speaking to congress about the threats facing America, they never mentioned a border crisis.

They must be extremely passive and naive.

[SkyDekker 1,123]

4 minutes ago, normiss said:

I found it interesting when the professionals were speaking to congress about the threats facing America, they never mentioned a border crisis.

They must be extremely passive and naive.

That's why the Orange one tweeted that the Intelligence Community doesn't know what they are talking about. Only he does.