Within a month after President Obama took office, the FBI reported to the public they had an agent investigating the ability to fraudulently obtain a US Passport. He did it successfully eight time, one time even as a child.
I don't know how much the American taxpayer has been defrauded by the Bush/Cheney administration in regard to faux National Security, but, it probably would be in an amount that could have bailed out Goldman Sachs so it would not be necessary to save AIG.
The point is, the 'Soccer Mom Politicians' of Palin and Liz Cheney come forward to attempt to 'rebuild' the Culture of Fear by crying about the closing of Gitmo. Right. They state that allowing suspects from Gitmo into the country would be directly placing such criminals on USA soil. And. Of course, it is weakening the security of the nation.
We all know the cognitive arguments that by closing Gitmo it removes the 'PR' for recruitment of al Qaeda and other such organizations. It's true. But, to the 'weak minded' Republicans they ONLY understand the 'visceral.' So, to Lizzy and Sarah, it doesn't get more simple than this. It doesn't get more visceral than this.
The Republicans spent money like water and achieved NOTHING in the form of National Security and while you whine about bringing criminals from Gitmo to SECURE facilities in the USA as a breach of National Security. Answer this question. Only one question.
Under the Bush/Cheney Administration, how many criminals achieved fraudulent passports to organize and plot their next attack right here on USA soil? Simple question. Answer?
May 20, 2005
Maintaining the integrity of the U.S. passport is essential to the State Department's efforts to protect U.S. citizens from terrorists, criminals, and others. State issued about 8.8 million passports in fiscal year 2004. During the same year, State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security arrested about 500 individuals for passport fraud, and about 300 persons were convicted. Passport fraud is often intended to facilitate other crimes, including illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and alien smuggling. GAO examined (1) how passport fraud is committed, (2) what key fraud detection challenges State faces, and (3) what effect new passport examiner performance standards could have on fraud detection....
