Showing posts with label Janet Napolitano. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Janet Napolitano. Show all posts

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Janet Napolitano should apologize or resign

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano should apologize ... or resign. Saying she stands by a controversial report suggesting veterans and other law-abiding Americans could be a terrorism risk, she has drawn fire from both sides of the aisle.

The Washington Times reported:
In her statement Wednesday, Ms. Napolitano defended the report, which says "rightwing extremism" may include groups opposed to abortion and immigration, as merely one among several threat assessments. But she agreed to meet with the head of the American Legion, who had expressed anger over the report, when she returns to Washington next week from a tour of the U.S.-Mexico border.

"The document on right-wing extremism sent last week by this department's Office of Intelligence and Analysis is one in an ongoing series of assessments to provide situational awareness to state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies on the phenomenon and trends of violent radicalization in the United States," Ms. Napolitano said in her statement.
Because she stands by the document, Ms. Napolitano should apologize or resign.