Obama Names more ‘Devout’ Muslims to Security Posts

[Warrior-Mentor]

Obama ‘Reaches Out’ by Naming ‘Devout’ Muslims to Security Posts
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Israel News
November 17, 2009


U.S. President Barack Obama continues to “reach out to Muslims” by appointing them to key security posts amid charges he wrongly ignored internal Muslim terror. One recent appointee was harshly criticized for appearing on a British-based television station whose host is a member of a radical Muslim group.

President Obama has continued to “reach out Muslims,” as he said in his keynote speech in Cairo last June, and this past week he swore in a Muslim rights advocate to the Homeland Security Advisory Council, shortly after the Fort Hood massacre. HSAC members are involved in expertise on national security.

The new member is Syrian-born Kareem Shora, who was the national executive director of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination (ADC), which previously has called on the United States to stop providing Israel with weapons because of alleged “atrocities” against Arabs. Her background for her new security post is having been a legal counsel and advocate for Muslim civil rights.

She also has been a frequent guest on the pro-Hamas al-Jazeera satellite network.

Shora, who has been described as a “devout Muslim, joins another devout member of the faith, Arif Alikhan, who was appointed as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development in the Department of Homeland Security. His qualifications for the job were listed as having been in charge of public safety in Los Angeles during his term of deputy mayor. One of his actions was to remove the plan that tracked Muslims in the city who were suspected of terrorist activities.

Americans have been jolted by several lethal attacks and confrontations with Muslims over the past year, including a plot to attack synagogues and down U.S. military aircraft, the manufacture of bombs, an alleged attempt to explode a Texas skyscraper, a plot to blow up malls in Boston, and last month’s Fort Hood massacre by a Muslim psychiatrist who was an officer in the army.

A desire to avoid the appearance of labeling all Muslims as terrorists lunged out from the shadows last month after President Obama faced criticism for not taking seriously the threat of Muslim terrorism within American society as well as in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

Several months ago, President Obama appointed Dalia Mogahed, a “devout Muslim,” to his Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. She quickly came under fire for appearing in a telephone interview on a London-based Muslim television station, whose host is a member of an extreme Islamic group.

She said was unaware of the affiliations of her host, whose program included questions and comments favoring the implementation of Islamic Law (“sharia”).

Mogahed explained that she did not hang up the phone in the middle of the interview because "I assumed that very few people would watch this show but that doing something more dramatic would bring more attention."

In the current issue of Newsweek, columnist Jacob Weisberg, citing former Secretary of State Colin Powell, wrote that “Obama's [Muslim] heritage feeds a broader suspicion that he is too casual about the threat from America's Islamist enemies.”

The journalist added, “With the massacre in Texas, Obama now confronts something that George W. Bush did not face in the years after September 11—not just a major act of domestic terrorism, but one struck from inside our security apparatus…. America does not face a threat from the perversion of faith in general. We face a threat from the perversion of one faith in particular.”


http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134466

[dirtyshirt]

Unbelieveable.

And no one thinks,says,or does anything. "Nothing wrong here...move along"

Honestly,NO ONE see's what's going on with this man,I can't believe it!!!!!

[Box]

Here's the dig...

- The people that voted for him with their hearts think everything he does is spot on and would not say anything critical of the President even if he hit the Easter bunny in the face with a brick.
- The people that voted because they bought into the "h0pe and change" mantra heard "we live in the greatest country in the world, help me change it." and wrote it off as a speech writers gaffe; now they wonder if the comment was just the soon to be president speaking his mind just like when he told 'Joe the Plumber' he wanted to spread his wealth around.
(These people don't want to speak up because they are afraid to admit they paid in cash for the Golden Gate bridge.) The same people had the same empty responses when Rahm Emanuel stated that he didnt want to waste a good crisis.
- The people that zealously campaigned for anyone BUT president 0bama have already been written off as either radical conservatives or outright racists. These people speak up all of the time, tea parties, town hall meetings, calling in to vent on talk radio shows... but again, they just sing to the choir because they have already been written off as angry, racist, radical conservatives that are mad that their candidate didn't win.
- Like the emperors new clothes: no one wants to admit they dont see his "robe" So at the end of the day: no one is fooled, in fact most of us aren't even surprised. The masses have gotten used to the government teat and dont want to make waves. Did anyone really expect him to execute his office from anywhere close to center? Hell, he grew up in Hawaii... isn't that located to the far left of California?

just my two cents...

[Guy]

Originally Posted by Billy L-bach

Here the dig...

- The people that voted for him with their hearts think everything he does is spot on and would not say anything critical of the President even if he hit the Easter bunny in the face with a brick.

Wait until I tell the doctors in the hospital this today.

Stay safe.

[akv]

Originally Posted by Billy L -bach

Here the dig...

- The people that voted for him with their hearts think everything he does is spot on and would not say anything critical of the President even if he hit the Easter bunny in the face with a brick.
- The people that voted because they bought into the "h0pe and change" mantra heard "we live in the greatest country in the world, help me change it." and wrote it off as a speech writers gaffe; now they wonder if the comment was just the soon to be president speaking his mind just like when he told 'Joe the Plumber' he wanted to spread his wealth around.
(These people don't want to speak up because they are afraid to admit they paid in cash for the Golden Gate bridge.) The same people had the same empty responses when Rahm Emanuel stated that he didnt want to waste a good crisis.
- The people that zealously campaigned for anyone BUT president 0bama have already been written off as either radical conservatives or outright racists. These people speak up all of the time, tea parties, town hall meetings, calling in to vent on talk radio shows... but again, they just sing to the choir because they have already been written off as angry, racist, radical conservatives that are mad that their candidate didn't win.
- Like the emperors new clothes: no one wants to admit they dont see his "robe" So at the end of the day: no one is fooled, in fact most of us aren't even surprised. The masses have gotten used to the government teat and dont want to make waves. Did anyone really expect him to execute his office from anywhere close to center? Hell, he grew up in Hawaii... isn't that located to the far left of California?

Spot on, every last word.

[Richard]

Secretary Napolitano Swears in Homeland Security Advisory Council Members

Release Date: June 5, 2009

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010

Albuquerque, N.M.—U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano swore in 16 members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) today during her first meeting with HSAC in Albuquerque, N.M.

“I congratulate the members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council on their appointments,” said Secretary Napolitano. “As we work to fulfill the Department’s core mission of securing the country against the many threats it faces, the unique insights and expertise of this diverse council will be a valuable resource.”

At the HSAC meeting, Secretary Napolitano joined with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske to announce President Obama’s National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy. Speaking to a group of local law enforcement, elected officials and members of the public, their remarks were also streamed live to state and local intelligence fusion centers throughout the Southwest.

Comprised of experts from state, local and tribal governments, emergency and first responder communities, academia and the private sector, HSAC provides recommendations and advice directly to the Secretary of Homeland Security. Of the 16 members sworn in today, 10 are new to HSAC and six were re-appointed. The Council is chaired by former CIA and FBI Director Judge William Webster.

Yesterday, Secretary Napolitano announced the formation of the HSAC Southwest Border Task Force, a 20-member group of national security experts charged with providing advice and recommendations on the Department’s efforts along the U.S.-Mexico border.

For more information about HSAC, visit www.dhs.gov/hsac. To view a video of today’s meeting, visit http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nmspirg-hsac.

HSAC Members

William “Bill” Webster (Chair) is a retired partner at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP. Judge Webster previously served as Director of both the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Gary Hart (Vice Chair) is Chairman of the American Security Project. The former senator from Colorado served on the Hart-Rudman Commission and is an advisory board member for the Partnership for a Secure America.

Norman “Norm” Augustine is a retired Chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. Augustine served as chairman and principal officer of the American Red Cross. He was a member of the Hart-Rudman Commission and has been honored five times with the Department of Defense’s highest civilian decoration, the Distinguished Service Medal.

Leroy “Lee” Baca is Sheriff of Los Angeles County. He serves on the boards of directors for the Optimist Youth Homes and Ranch, Puente Learning Center, Buena Nueva Foundation, EMEK Hebrew Academy, and Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law, and as well as the University of Southern California Alumni Association board of governors.

Richard “Dick” Cañas is Director of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness. Cañas has served as Director of the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC), Special Assistant to the CIA’s Latin American section, and on the White House’s National Security Council (NSC).

Kenneth “Chuck” Canterbury is National President of the Fraternal Order of Police. Prior to his service as President, Canterbury spent 25 years with the Horry County Police Department of Conway, S.C.

Jared “Jerry” Cohon is President of Carnegie Mellon University. Cohon served as a Legislative Assistant for energy and the environment for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. President Bill Clinton appointed him to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.

Ruth David is President and CEO of ANSER. Previously, David served as CIA Deputy Director for Science and Technology and represented the CIA on numerous national committees and advisory bodies, including the National Science and Technology Council and the Committee on National Security.

Manny Diaz is mayor of Miami and President of the United States Conference of Mayors. Diaz is also a partner in the law firm of Diaz & O’Naghten, L.L.P.

Clark Kent Ervin is Director of the Aspen Institute’s Homeland Security Program. He served as the first Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Louis Freeh is Senior Managing Partner of Freeh Group International. He served as the FBI Director and as a Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ellen Gordon is Associate Director and Faculty for the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security. Gordon previously served as the Governor’s Homeland Security Advisor and Homeland Security and Emergency Management Administrator for the state of Iowa.

Lee Hamilton is President and Director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Hamilton spent 34 years in Congress, representing Indiana's Ninth District and served on the Hart-Rudman Commission and as vice-chair of the 9/11 Commission.

Raymond Kelly is the Police Commissioner of the City of New York. Kelly formerly served as Senior Managing Director of Global Corporate Security at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. Previously, he served as Commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service and as Under Secretary for Enforcement at the U.S. Treasury Department.

John Magaw is a Domestic and International Security Consultant who most recently served as the Under Secretary for Security at the Department of Transportation. Magaw has served as Acting Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and Director of the U.S. Secret Service.

Jeff Moss is Founder and Director of Black Hat and DEFCON Computer Hacker Conferences. Moss has also worked for Ernst & Young, LLP in their Information System Security division.

Martin O’Malley is Governor of Maryland. Governor O’Malley previously served as Assistant State’s Attorney for Baltimore City, as a member of the Baltimore City Council, and Mayor of Baltimore City.

Sonny Perdue is Governor of Georgia. Previously, he was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, a member of the Houston County Planning and Zoning Board and a member of the Georgia State Senate.

Harold Schaitberger is General President of the International Association of Fire Fighters. He also serves as a vice president of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and on the AFL-CIO Executive Committee, where he is a vice president of the AFL-CIO’s Executive Council.

Joe Shirley, Jr. is President of the Navajo Nation. He also served as a member of the Advisory Committee to the President's Commission of Sustainable Communities in Washington, D.C.

Kareem Shora is National Executive Director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC). In 2008, he was selected by the Ford Foundation as a member of the Foreign Policy Task Force.

Lydia Thomas is a trustee of Noblis, Inc. She is a member of the Virginia Governor’s Commission on Climate Change and serves on the Board of Directors of the Cabot Corporation, the United States Energy Association, and the Northern Virginia Technology Council.

Frances Fragos Townsend is a partner at Baker Botts, L.L.P. She previously served as Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and Assistant District Attorney.

Chuck Wexler is Executive Director of the Police Executive Research Forum. Wexler was an assistant to the nation’s first Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and Operations Assistant to the Boston Police Commissioner.

John “Skip” Williams is Provost of The George Washington University (GWU) and serves as Vice President for Health Affairs at the GWU Medical Center. In 2002, the Republic of Panama bestowed the Order of Vasco Nunez de Balboa on Williams for his efforts to create the International Center for Tropical Diseases and Genomic Studies.

Ex Officio members:

Edward Mueller is President and CEO of Qwest. Mueller previously served as CEO of Williams-Sonoma and currently serves as a Director of The Clorox Company and McKesson Corporation.

Erle Nye is Chairman Emeritus of TXU Corp. Nye served on the advisory committee to the President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection and on the U. S. Department of Energy’s Electric System Reliability Task Force. He is also a member of The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents.

http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1244227862914.shtm

[Dozer523]

Originally Posted by Richard

Secretary Napolitano Swears in Homeland Security Advisory Council Members

“Bill” , “Norm” , “Lee” ,“Dick”, “Chuck”, “Jerry”, Manny, Clark Kent, (I didn't make that up) Sonny, Joe, Kareem Shora, Chuck, “Skip”

AWwwwww! This never would have come up if that one guy, Kareem, had a cool nickname. How about "Stilt"

[Dad]

Thanks for the post Richard. Definitely added some balance!

[Bill Harsey]

Originally Posted by Dad

Thanks for the post Richard. Definitely added some balance!

Sir,
I'm not here for balance. What we should be interested in are sources of information that may establish pattern or trend.

Please note I'm not telling you what to look for or think.

[Team Sergeant]

Originally Posted by Dad

Thanks for the post Richard. Definitely added some balance!

Let's put a light on your idea of balance.

History will soon repeat itself.



A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.

~ Marcus Tullius Cicero (42B.C)

[Dad]

Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

Sir,
I'm not here for balance. What we should be interested in are sources of information that may establish pattern or trend.

Please note I'm not telling you what to look for or think.

I would maintain you cannot establish patterns or trends without balance.

[Bill Harsey]

Originally Posted by Dad

I would maintain you cannot establish patterns or trends without balance.

We may or may not be talking about the same thing. I just want to see the information.
If your looking for balance, you might miss the critical information.

[dennisw]

I do not think it's a question of balance at all. Some folks should be precluded from even coming close to a government or advisory position. If they are a jihadist , communist etc. they have no place there. In other words, are we going to say, "we x number of traitors on this panel to balance things out?" No.

This person could be one of many, but end up chairing a subcommittee and have undo influence. Are we willing to give this guy the opportunity? From this point forward, this guy can put this on his resume, his business card. It lends credence to someone who may not deserve it. Oh he cannot be a jihadist, he was a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.

I would maintain you cannot establish patterns or trends without balance.

I think we're missing the point. What secure or classified information is Kareem going to have access to? What kind of information can he send back to Mecca to his grubby little jihadist friends which will ultimately be used against us? What does this have to do with Balance?

By the way, do you see any Christian, Jewish, Catholic, Mormon organizations represented?

[Dad]

Bill
Do not think in any way my comment was in any way critical of the initial post!! Just the opposite. We need to consume as much information as our minds can absorb. To me, Richard's post added more information to better interpret the initial info. Both posts are "pieces of the main." Don't think I don't worry about the enemy within, I do and it is real just as WM has so often shown. But as Richard and others have often shown, lets look carefully so we fully understand. I think that is especially true when people too often equate "editorial" with "news"

[Box]

...the acceptable number of social radicals with jobs of influence in our government is akin to putting a number on the acceptable amount of rat feces that can be packaged into my can of tuna.


...not really looking for a balanced diet, I just don't want to eat a shit sandwich