WaPo: TSA nominee misled Congress, violated security protocols
posted at 12:10 pm on January 2, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
After the EunuchBomber attack fizzled on Christmas Day, both Republicans and Democrats wasted no time in pointing fingers, primarily battling over the Department of Homeland Security, even though DHS had little if anything to do with the security issues involved in that attempt. Republicans called for the resignation of Janet Napolitano after her ridiculous insistence two days later that “the system worked.” Democrats blamed the attack on Senator Jim DeMint for placing a hold on Barack Obama’s nominee to head TSA, Erroll Southers, even though Obama hadn’t even bothered to nominate Southers until late September, and TSA had nothing to do with the decision to allow Umar Abdulmutallab onto the Northwest flight he attempted to destroy.
Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that DeMint may have done everyone a favor anyway. According to documents obtained by reporter Robert O’Harrow, Southers misled Congress about an incident in which he violated privacy laws to investigate his wife’s lover:
The White House nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration gave Congress misleading information about incidents in which he inappropriately accessed a federal database, possibly in violation of privacy laws, documents obtained by The Washington Post show.
The disclosure comes as pressure builds from Democrats on Capitol Hill for quick January confirmation of Erroll Southers, whose nomination has been held up by GOP opponents. In the aftermath of an attempted airline bombing on Christmas Day, calls have intensified for lawmakers to install permanent leadership at the TSA, a critical agency in enforcing airline security.
Southers, a former FBI agent, has described inconsistencies in his accounts to Congress as “inadvertent” and the result of poor memory of an incident that dates back 20 years. He said in a Nov. 20 letter to key senators obtained by The Post that he had accepted full responsibility long ago for a “grave error in judgment” in accessing confidential criminal records about his then-estranged wife’s new boyfriend.
When testifying to Congress, Southers said that it had only happened once, when he asked a friend to check out the man’s criminal background at the San Diego PD. After his testimony, Southers wrote to Joe Lieberman and admitted that he had himself twice checked the database. He also copied the records and handed them off to his friend at the SDPD, apparently hoping to have the wife’s lover harrassed.
There are two problems with this, both of them serious. First, TSA has access to serious, sensitive information that is far more open to abuse than the records at the SDPD. Putting Southers in charge of that would be akin to putting a tax evader in charge of the IRS (or Treasury, for that matter). Second, if Southers cannot give honest testimony the first time in front of Congress about an incident from twenty years ago, what confidence can we have that Southers will tell the truth when things go wrong at TSA under his watch?
Obama needs to find another nominee for TSA, and fast. DeMint needs to maintain his hold on Southers until the White House replaces him.
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Southers obviously was not chosen for the content of his character…
Thus…
coldwarrior on January 2, 2010 at 12:13 PM
What? President Toonces nominates another corrupt and morally bankrupt thug to head a federal agency?
How utterly unprecedented and surprising.
Hey, visit Conservative Talk Forum by clicking on my name. It’s worth a look.
trapeze on January 2, 2010 at 12:14 PM
Typical Obummer pick – sleazy to the bone.
ladyingray on January 2, 2010 at 12:17 PM
Thank you Senator DeMint! Please do not give this scum bag the appointment.
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letget on January 2, 2010 at 12:17 PM
It’s not so much an invasion of privacy as it is an abuse of police power.
Skandia Recluse on January 2, 2010 at 12:18 PM
Boy, the POTUS would really be jumpin’ the shark if he ever tried these shenanigans…../s
ted c on January 2, 2010 at 12:18 PM
Obama and his Czars…. birds of a feather…..
AW1 Tim on January 2, 2010 at 12:18 PM
Jim DeMint: standing in the gap for freedom and common sense. Keep it up Senator–a statesman when we need him.
ted c on January 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Yea, but it was just a little white lie….
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Hog Wild on January 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Southers obviously was not chosen for the content of his character…
Thus…
coldwarrior on January 2, 2010 at 12:13 PM
He’s a natural fit for the current administration?
heshtesh on January 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM
this is a huge story. the public is really scared about security nwo, and not tolerant of lying ass coverers like this guy.
the southers LIE to Congress was that he had someone else check for him, and it was only one time. the TRUTH, which he admitted right after he got thru the committee vote, was that southers PERSONALLY ran info checks on the new boyfriend TWICE, AND printed out stuff, handed it out to his buddy cops to hassle the guy. southers claims he “forgot” that he personally did the checking
we’re talking three total felonies here:
2 felonies for accessing the info for unlawful nonofficial purpose
1 felony (at least) for perjury before congress.
this perjury case is actual cut and dried. southers admits he personally did the illegal accessing over a two year period in 87-88 now. in his testimony, he said he only asked a buddy to do it for him, and answered this question this way – there is no way this isnt perjury straight up, he was trying to cover up the extent of his illegal activities, no doubt.
here’s a quote of explicit perjury by southers, and hsi affidavdit was also perjurous
“If you’re confirmed, you’re going to have the access to databases that have personal information on many, many individuals, such as through the secure flight program, and it’s going to be important for the public to have confidence that you would not, in any way, misuse your access to the personal information in those databases. So, let me first ask you: Have you ever in the past misused your access to databases that the government maintains, other than this one incident that led to this censure?”
“No, Senator, I have not,” Southers replied.
This incident ENDED Southers’ FBI Career – how can ANYONE claim he would “forget” that he accessed FBI computers twice personally, as that is what led to his resignation?
pathetic.
Anti-Harkonnen Freedom Fighter on January 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Not so fast…. heard this on Fox this morning:
Harry Reid again endearing himself to the country.
tru2tx on January 2, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Opposition to this nominee is clearly racist.
Mojave Mark on January 2, 2010 at 12:24 PM
That fact right there should be enough to send him to the showers.Im curious to see the contortions the media will go through to protect this guy.
theTarCzar on January 2, 2010 at 12:26 PM
It’s worse, I heard on FOX this morning that Sen. Susan Collins is satisfied with Mr. Southers’ explanation. What?
Cindy Munford on January 2, 2010 at 12:27 PM
But don’t worry guys…we can totally trust Obama and his cronies with our health records.
Joe Caps on January 2, 2010 at 12:27 PM
Oooooooooo… that term is so WAAAAACIST!
ya2daup on January 2, 2010 at 12:28 PM
Wonder if Michelle has enough material for the second volume of Culture of Corruption yet?
forest on January 2, 2010 at 12:29 PM
Its okay. He is black and a democrat. He is allowed to break the law and not have to answer for it. Hell, its a resume enhancer.
Blarg the Destroyer on January 2, 2010 at 12:29 PM
Is this guy another bundler of funds?
Cindy Munford on January 2, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Apparently it’s ok for federal agents to copy stuff out of the files so long as it’s personal…so says Congress and the Obama Administration.
Chris_Balsz on January 2, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Why the surprise Ed? He’ll fit right in with the rest of the criminals Obama has surrounded himself with.
And speaking of criminals, Dr. K. on the Fox panel predicted yesterday that Rahm Emanuel will step down as Chief of Staff, will run for his old seat in the Senate and will be replaced by Tom Daschle, another deadbeat.
Knucklehead on January 2, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Obama is working as fast as he can to replicate the dysfunctional Washington D.C. local government, full of incompetent crony appointees, at the federal level.
VG
Voiceguy on January 2, 2010 at 12:31 PM
Wouldn’t that be ‘official oppression?’
TinMan13 on January 2, 2010 at 12:32 PM
When an Administration sets up an email address for citizens to rat out one another over purported healthcare debate “falsehoods”, it comes as no surprise that they’re perfectly comfortable nominating someone who has abused his position to pry into personal information of others.
ya2daup on January 2, 2010 at 12:32 PM
He’ll fit right in in this administration, it’s not like we have a tax cheat running the treasury or something.
Brat4life on January 2, 2010 at 12:32 PM
WTH is up with the minorities in the Obama administration? They are really giving their respective races a bad name. It seems like every one of them is corrupt in one way or another.
Joe Caps on January 2, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Southers is just another lying bastard. Nobody with any brainpower would forget something as emotional as the events that spurred him to action. I remember things back to when I was three years old. Give us a break!!
LarryG on January 2, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Don’t the liberals make Oscar-winning movies about bad cops who abuse their power by accessing private files on their wives’ lovers and using the information to harass them?
PatMac on January 2, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Thats the problem if the senate can’t confirm Obama’s appointments he will go the Czar route. Almost like appointing a pedophile to be the school Czar.
fourdeucer on January 2, 2010 at 12:35 PM
In reality when you take in the corrupt and/or incompetence of all of the other Obama appointments, Southers doesn’t smell so bad.
volsense on January 2, 2010 at 12:40 PM
At least he’s not white. Barrie has picked enough of those guys for different positions. I was almost starting to think he might be a tad racist or something.
Itchee Dryback on January 2, 2010 at 12:44 PM
FNC is reporting that some of his Dem supporters knew that he was lying, and supported him anyway.
petefrt on January 2, 2010 at 12:45 PM
Yeah, I heard that too. Must be why Dingy Harry is confident with pushing for a vote.
How many RINO’s are going to accept this clown for the TSA now — like they did for the “indispensable” tax cheat at Treasury, the jack-ass at Justice, Cass Sunstein, Sotomayor, Carol Browner, etc. etc. — to later realize how grave a mistake they have made, but only have the power to whine about it after the fact.
red winger on January 2, 2010 at 12:45 PM
In reality when you take in the corrupt and/or incompetence of all of the other Obama appointments, Southers doesn’t smell so bad.
volsense on January 2, 2010 at 12:40 PM
At what point doe’s the odor become overwhelming?
heshtesh on January 2, 2010 at 12:46 PM
If DeMint had a hold on this nomination, how did it get out of committee? How is Dingy Harry able to schedule a vote later this month if a senator objects and places a hold? Obviously, I misunderstand the definition and meaning of a hold. sigh.
It is obviously a different kind of hold (it’s a republican hold, not a democrat hold) like those that were placed by democrats on various Bush appointees to the courts (I speak of Janice Rogers Brown and Miguel Estrada) that prevented any further action on said nominees.
rslancer14 on January 2, 2010 at 12:47 PM
What is with conservatives and their incessant need to bring up somebody’s race whenever a minority is involved in the story?
Narutoboy on January 2, 2010 at 12:47 PM
The Chicago Democratic Machine is running (ruining?) the country.
A sad and pathetic Culture of Corruption.
visions on January 2, 2010 at 12:48 PM
Both Collins and Lieberman, according the the WaPo article, contend that since Southers admitted his malfeasance from twenty years ago, he’s still a good choice for heading the TSA.
How is this reasoning at all logical? Using this logic, as long as an individual admits his/her previous crimes, s/he is therefore suitable to head a federal agency. Barry’s perverse logic must be contagious, because more and more members of congress are infected with it.
anXdem on January 2, 2010 at 12:51 PM
Where’s palinforamerica to defend this guy?
fossten on January 2, 2010 at 12:52 PM
An FBI agent does not access files “inadvertently.” A former First Lady does not have access to FBI files “inadvertently,” either.
onlineanalyst on January 2, 2010 at 12:54 PM
Why do liberal arguments always blow up in their face? At what point do they start questioning their beliefs?
Narutoboy,
That is all you have to say about this story? You pick a comment to comment on.
Howcome on January 2, 2010 at 12:54 PM
The Most Corrupt President and Administration in Modern American History.
Jaibones on January 2, 2010 at 12:55 PM
Or putting someone who had an OPEN borders policy as the Governor of AZ in charge of homeland security. (JaNap)
Or putting a self avowed Commie activist in charge of Green JOBS. (Van Jones)
Geochelone on January 2, 2010 at 12:55 PM
Here is what gets me –
I have a security clearance. If I EVER had that “error in judgement” not only would I loose my job, but I would NEVER have a security clearance again… EVER!
It is one thing to make a mistake as it is possible, but to initiator of an action such as this? Security concerns are NOT what they were 20 years ago. Every day that progresses, this continues to be the worst presidency in US history!
justice4ddd on January 2, 2010 at 12:55 PM
powerlineblog thinks it’s an honest mistake in memory.
Chris_Balsz on January 2, 2010 at 12:57 PM
Mr. Southers really cannot be justly criticised for these alleged incidents, because he is African-American, and to do so would be blatantly racist. Take a good look at his picture. Look at those ears. He looks like he could be President Obama’s younger brother. You just want him to fail.
Southers happens to be a graduate of Brown University. But we should not judge a university by its color, either.
Emperor Norton on January 2, 2010 at 12:59 PM
Makes my head want to explode. Time to write the Senators again, for what it is worth. Nothing.
Cindy Munford on January 2, 2010 at 12:59 PM
He’s perfect for this adminstration.
Dishonest.
drjohn on January 2, 2010 at 1:00 PM
How I would love Senator DeMint on the 2012 ticket. He’s earning it.
Marcus on January 2, 2010 at 1:03 PM
If this guy gets the tsa ok, we will have the whole thing go union! Just imagine that, thousands of people who can’t be fired it they let a bad guy in.
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letget on January 2, 2010 at 1:03 PM
One more example of what this administration means by hope and change. This is not government you can believe in.
highhopes on January 2, 2010 at 1:04 PM
So, how long will it be until Graham and McCain support this trash? In the effort of bi-partisanship mind you…
Mr. Arrogant on January 2, 2010 at 1:05 PM
Ok here….
Another affirmative action nominee!!!! We can’t criticize him cause we’d be called RAAAAAAAAAAACISTS. I know his race has nothing to do with the story but I’ll still mention it for no apparent reason. What’s wrong with these darn minoriteas and their corruption? I tell ya!
Narutoboy on January 2, 2010 at 1:08 PM
Hussein and his Posse of Clowns …………..
BigMike252 on January 2, 2010 at 1:09 PM
Compared to some of the other Obama appointees, a stalker is an improvement.
Chuck Schick on January 2, 2010 at 1:11 PM
Race card gets played befoe the next week is over.
OxyCon on January 2, 2010 at 1:16 PM
Conservatives got an early start looks like…
Narutoboy on January 2, 2010 at 1:19 PM
You call the misuse of federal databases and lying to Congress “stalking?” How are we supposed to trust this guy with sensitive information like no-fly lists after he has proven himself a liar and utterly unstrustworthy?
highhopes on January 2, 2010 at 1:22 PM
Where’s our little commenter ‘palinforamerica’ today….
He/She were touting what a great and ethical patriot Southers was just the other day….
Didn’t seem to want to listen to reason or the facts. It seems when you know someone personally, it makes up for all the CRAP they do politically.
Our point was, if this guy is an appointment of Obama’s..he’s got some dirt on him!
DeMint was right and stuck to his guns…do far.
katy on January 2, 2010 at 1:26 PM
Narutoboy,
Do you have anything to say about this nominee, which dems were using as a stick to knock Republicans. I don’t think race has anything to do with the crappy Obama nominees because they all seem corrupt or completely incompetent.
Howcome on January 2, 2010 at 1:26 PM
do far=so far
katy on January 2, 2010 at 1:27 PM
If they can’t be bought and paid for this administration and congress doesn’t want them. Any way you paint it boils down to this. Move over Jimmah Cater you’ve lost your spot to bambi!
bluegrass on January 2, 2010 at 1:27 PM
He does want to Unionize the TSA. One reason Obama picked him. If he was guilty once, he will do it again. Perjury is a crime. He should be charged not vetted.
elclynn on January 2, 2010 at 1:30 PM
What else can a nitwit lefty apologist do in a situation like this? It’s not like an intellectually honest defense of the guy can be made.
Midas on January 2, 2010 at 1:33 PM
Powerline must be crazy. I’ll be the first to admit that when it comes to national security, I want people who have the stomach for waterboarding, profiling, or worse, to get to the bottom of something. But this guy is a stalker. And he’s re-lived this experience every day of his life for the past 20 years. As far as he’s concerned, it happened yesterday. It’s one of his most vivid life experiences.
Kind of reminds me of another guy who couldn’t recall 20 years of another experience–Obama (“attended regularly, every week, 11 am service”) and Wright.
BuckeyeSam on January 2, 2010 at 1:34 PM
Howcome, I wasn’t calling you a nitwit btw – I think that came out wrong, lol. I was agreeing with your questioning of Narutoboy’s comments.
Midas on January 2, 2010 at 1:34 PM
A lying, cheating, sneak? Very appropriate for this Whitehouse, I’d say. He’s fit in with the rest of them…President and first lady included.
Nalea on January 2, 2010 at 1:34 PM
Wait just a minute. DeMint is white, a Republican and from South Cakalackie. Southers is “Of color”, a Democrat and a Californian.
I think we all know what DeMint’s motives are. He ‘jus be tryin to keep da man down.
BigAlSouth on January 2, 2010 at 1:36 PM
If DeMint had a hold on this nomination, how did it get out of committee? How is Dingy Harry able to schedule a vote later this month if a senator objects and places a hold? Obviously, I misunderstand the definition and meaning of a hold. sigh.
It is obviously a different kind of hold (it’s a republican hold, not a democrat hold) like those that were placed by democrats on various Bush appointees to the courts (I speak of Janice Rogers Brown and Miguel Estrada) that prevented any further action on said nominees.
rslancer14 on January 2, 2010 at 12:47 PM
All it means is you need 60 votes.
GOP didnt have 60 votes
Anti-Harkonnen Freedom Fighter on January 2, 2010 at 1:37 PM
This guy Southers will be a complete and total disaster.
The TSA is nothing short of an SS arm of the Federal Government as it stands now. They are responsible to no one and report directly up the Executive Branch.
They have constantly overreached their authority time and time again by issuing unconstitutional “Security Directives” that can be implemented immediately with no legislative approval (not that it would matter anyhow now).
However, it has ALWAYS been the precedent in matters of FAA mandates to issue an NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking) allow a comment period for insiders that are fully aware of tthe consequences of enacting proposed legislation and then tempering any NPRM into a final rule.
Not so now with the TSA! They can do anything they want under the guise of “security” and by-pass everyone in order to further their agendam justify their existence and further trample on our freedoms and liberties.
Just imagine how bad it will become once these worthless TSA slugs are unionized! This madness has got to stop.
The mask is off these Marxist bastards. The camel’s nose in under the tent and they will cripple our individual freedoms until we have none left.
Hate is not a strong enough word for how I feel about these treasonous bastards!
Flyboy on January 2, 2010 at 1:39 PM
Gee, I dunno.
By Obama’s standards, this Souther guy would be one of the most honest people in government.
Can we afford to lost a catch like that?
notagool on January 2, 2010 at 1:40 PM
Made a New Years’ Resolution to do just that-I signed up as a member a few months back but haven’t had a chance to post since then. Thanks for the reminder!
Del Dolemonte on January 2, 2010 at 1:42 PM
These incidents of running police file checks occurred in California. California law is very clear on such abuses by law enforcement personnel. If you access the databases without a direct law enforcement reason you must be fired. No ifs, ands, or buts. And if your supervisor doesn’t fire you, he/she must be fired also….no discretion is allowed.
Trafalgar on January 2, 2010 at 1:45 PM
To paraphrase Andrea Tantaros, he’s another member of the Obama Administration who needs to have his baggage screened.
Buy Danish on January 2, 2010 at 1:47 PM
Your \”little\” palinforamerica is right here, katy. No, knowing someone personally doesn\’t make up for all the crap they do – but good lord you\’re not going to find a saint anywhere in this country. And nice that Ed left out a key part of the story.Now I\’m not going to defend what he did and he himself doesn\’t defend it. But lets get real. This partisan fighting about Erroll is absurd and you\’re all commenting based on a poor second-hand read of the WaPo article.Bottom line is that every nominee is going to have issues in their past. Wow, so this guy actually wanted to protect his son and accessed a law enforcement database – on darn. I\’m sure any father would do the same, I sure as hell would if I thought my son was in bad hands (the guy his ex wife was dating had a criminal record.)
palinforamerica on January 2, 2010 at 1:48 PM
So he can lie
Then lie about his lying
He has used his official position for personal retribution
Most definitely he can tango with Andy Stern
And he is the right color too
What else did I miss?
He purrrrfect for Hussain’s motives
macncheez on January 2, 2010 at 1:52 PM
How is it that this crooked piece of liberal trash is even nominated?
ORconservative on January 2, 2010 at 1:53 PM
Race is involved inasmuch as lowered expectations provide cover. Not that anyone saw this coming, because that would require some adults to do some vetting.
bbhack on January 2, 2010 at 1:57 PM
Your \”little\” palinforamerica is right here, katy. No, knowing someone personally doesn\’t make up for all the crap they do – but good lord you\’re not going to find a saint anywhere in this country. And nice that Ed left out a key part of the story.Now I\’m not going to defend what he did and he himself doesn\’t defend it. But lets get real. This partisan fighting about Erroll is absurd and you\’re all commenting based on a poor second-hand read of the WaPo article.Bottom line is that every nominee is going to have issues in their past. Wow, so this guy actually wanted to protect his son and accessed a law enforcement database – on darn. I\’m sure any father would do the same, I sure as hell would if I thought my son was in bad hands (the guy his ex wife was dating had a criminal record.)
palinforamerica on January 2, 2010 at 1:48 PM
1. The issue is Southers lying explicitly in testimony to Congress. If, as you say, its okay to excuse his two felonies in accessing the databases personally, and probable felony in disseminating the info to his cop buddies to hassle the boyfriend, then how can you also defend his claim to “forget” that he did it?
Seriously? He “forgot” what got him fired (allowed to resign officially)?
2. The ONLY reason Southers admitted to lying to Congress is the documents that were delivered to the committee by the FBI regarding teh investigation which lead to his resignation from the FBI. The docs clearly showed that Southers personally did the searches, twice, over 1987-88 AND distributed printed info from those searches. Dem members of the committee gave OBama the heads-up that the documents contradicted Southers testimony, so he issued the letter “correction” … You really want a guy like that in chrage of US security at airports? Really?
Only a blind partisan who is drunk on Obama Koolaid could ever support this nominee Southers, who committed three felonies in 1987-1988 (two illegal uses of federal databases, one (or more) for distribution of documents from illegal searches) and at least two felonies in 2009 (affidavit claiming he did not personally search the database submitted to Congress = perjury, and his testimony to Collins also perjury)
here’s a quote of explicit perjury by southers, and hsi affidavdit was also perjurous
“If you’re confirmed, you’re going to have the access to databases that have personal information on many, many individuals, such as through the secure flight program, and it’s going to be important for the public to have confidence that you would not, in any way, misuse your access to the personal information in those databases. So, let me first ask you: Have you ever in the past misused your access to databases that the government maintains, other than this one incident that led to this censure?”
“No, Senator, I have not,” Southers replied.
This incident ENDED Southers’ FBI Career – how can ANYONE claim he would “forget” that he accessed FBI computers twice personally, as that is what led to his resignation?
Get a clue, radical leftist.
Anti-Harkonnen Freedom Fighter on January 2, 2010 at 2:04 PM
That will leave a mark.
SouthernGent on January 2, 2010 at 2:04 PM
There must be fifty ways to investigate your wife’s lover:
Just call up her mother, Souther,
Hide in a barrel, Erroll,
No need to be coy, ya’ll,
To set yourself free.
Just call up Ayers, boom,
No need to disclose much,
Leave up to Barack, Jack
and the Dem Party
They’ll give you a hand, man
Just report it to Reid, indeed………
Hening on January 2, 2010 at 2:10 PM
Ummm, there is a double standard with ability for all liberals. This need to always cite the person’s race when it’s a minority just reinforces the idea of the conservative racist.
I’ll be on the look out for comments screaming affirmative action the next time a white liberal woman is as exposed for corruption.
Narutoboy on January 2, 2010 at 2:17 PM
Ummm, there is a double standard with ability for all liberals. This need to always cite the person’s race when it’s a minority just reinforces the idea of the conservative racist.
I’ll be on the look out for comments screaming affirmative action the next time a white liberal woman is as exposed for corruption.
Narutoboy on January 2, 2010 at 2:17 PM
the guy committed at least FIVE felonies and you want to calls folks who oppose him racist?
You’re an idiot koolaid addled obama worshipper.
Anti-Harkonnen Freedom Fighter on January 2, 2010 at 2:21 PM
Wow, somebody didn’t read. I didn’t call folks who oppose him racist. I’m calling out the idiots who can’t help but refer to somebody’s race (only when it’s a minority, go figure) in every post about a corrupt guy in Obama’s admin. There’s no need for that. I don’t know why that’s hard to understand.
And I take offense to you calling me an Obama worshiper. I don’t like Obama, nor his “koolaid addled worshipers.” I’m not one of them.
Narutoboy on January 2, 2010 at 2:25 PM
Awesome, you’re name calling to support your opinion – and you call ME a radical leftist? Ha! That’s a first.
Anyway, you’re getting your “facts” wrong there chief. The guy committed a misdemeanor, not a felony. In fact, there were no felonies committed.
Its a badge of honor that Erroll has stepped up and admitted wrongdoing in this instance. How many times does a law enforcement officer access the kind of information that Erroll did? It happens everyday all the time.
You’re arguing from a position of ignorance. Try to buy a clue or stay off the keyboard so you don’t get hurt.
palinforamerica on January 2, 2010 at 2:31 PM
Are you familiar with how the
waPo treated McDonald in Va. during the governor’s race? They printed his twenty year old graduate thesis, which contained opinions that feminism and working women were harmful to the family, over and over again pointing out how bad it was. They rehashed it just before the election for it to be as much of a negative influence as possible. He broke no laws! Lets see if the WaPo does the same thing to Souther and he broke the law. Also, is this the BEST person for this highly sensitive job? Can it be because he is not like all of the other men on the US money?
inspectorudy on January 2, 2010 at 2:34 PM
Wow. Guess we oughta refuse to promote any cop who DOESN’T do it…
Chris_Balsz on January 2, 2010 at 2:37 PM
If she didn’t before this, she does now.
Chaz706 on January 2, 2010 at 2:42 PM
My thoughts, also.
Mirimichi on January 2, 2010 at 2:44 PM
Obummer: It’s not my fault, I don’t know anyone that isn’t a Chicago thug or a corruptocrat. Makes you wonder.
Show me your friends and I will tell you what you are, kind of fits this administration.
concernedsenior on January 2, 2010 at 2:55 PM
That’s what I think, too. Then I get called a racist for asking questions.
Mirimichi on January 2, 2010 at 3:00 PM
I rest my case.
Mirimichi on January 2, 2010 at 3:04 PM
Pure. Gold.
KMC1 on January 2, 2010 at 3:06 PM
Content Of Character? What is that?
antisocial on January 2, 2010 at 3:10 PM
I don’t quite understand the point about double standards, but the doctrine of low expectations is purely left. The rejection of it is the opposite of racist. And pointing things out is not racist, either.
bbhack on January 2, 2010 at 3:25 PM
If that’s the question you’re asking, then you’re stupid. Did you think about that stuff when Anita Dunn was drooling over Mao? Doubt it. Most people were rightfully addressing the fact that she was adoring a murderous dictator. Not asking themselves what’s wrong with all of these corrupt white people in Obama’s admin, or talking about how she reflects the white community.
Narutoboy on January 2, 2010 at 3:39 PM
Anti-Harkonnen Freedom Fighter on January 2, 2010 at 2:04 PM
Awesome, you’re name calling to support your opinion – and you call ME a radical leftist? Ha! That’s a first.
Anyway, you’re getting your “facts” wrong there chief. The guy committed a misdemeanor, not a felony. In fact, there were no felonies committed.
Its a badge of honor that Erroll has stepped up and admitted wrongdoing in this instance. How many times does a law enforcement officer access the kind of information that Erroll did? It happens everyday all the time.
You’re arguing from a position of ignorance. Try to buy a clue or stay off the keyboard so you don’t get hurt.
palinforamerica on January 2, 2010 at 2:31 PM
Sorry pal, but once again you’re completely wrong.
1. Violations of the federal privacy act are felonies. Southers committed at least two he admitted to in the letter sent AFTER his committee vote, and perhaps several more in disseminating the info, also a felony
2. Perjury is a felony. Southers committed perjury by LYING TO CONGRESS and saying in an affidavit that he ordered a third party to access the database once adn that was his only wrongdoing, when in REALITY, there was no third party (Southers just invented this as a cover story) and Southers himself accessed the database AT LEAST TWICE AND distributed the printouts to cop friends to hassle the ex wife’s boyfriend.
What happens the next tiem this Southers asshole gets a girlfriend who dumps him? Does the new bf of his ex get a body cavity search? What if Southers doesnt like some Repuoblican politician? Does he end up in custody of the TSA for a few days?
Where does it end when felonies are excused by an Administration nominee for a security position?
This country is going to Hell in a handbasket, and people like palinforamerica are cheering. Sad.
Anti-Harkonnen Freedom Fighter on January 2, 2010 at 4:02 PM
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