Thursday, December 17, 2009

12/17/09: White House Meddles with FBI Terrorism Investigation

Does she have a clue or doesn't she? Only her hairdresser Obama knows for sure...

Janet Napolitano - the hapless Secretary of Homeland Security with a lunch lady haircut - has interfered with the FBI's investigation of terrorist suspect Najibullah Zazi:

In mid-September, the FBI arrested the Afghan-born Zazi after he allegedly tried to build bombs with "large quantities" of hydrogen peroxide purchased at beauty shops in the Denver area.

Days earlier, media reports had disclosed that Zazi, 24, and others were allegedly planning to hide the bombs in backpacks and detonate them in New York City.

On a Friday night, National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter joined Brennan, Mueller, Napolitano and Holder for a two-hour meeting, which turned into an "excited" back-and-forth over information sharing, officials familiar with the meeting said.

Mueller was "angry" and "upset" over leaks to the media, while Napolitano expressed dismay that DHS was not more involved in the Zazi case, and she relayed concerns that only limited information was being offered to local authorities through joint FBI-DHS intelligence bulletins, according to the officials.

"It was very clear that the FBI's position was: The investigation is what's important, and you can't do anything to compromise the investigation ... because it is only through these investigations that we can stop attacks," one official said.

Source: FoxNews

It isn't surprising that Napolitano would favor the dissemination of information - thereby risking and encouraging leaks - over the successful completion of the Zazi investigation. She is, after all, a political hack and a clown.

However, here is the most interesting part of the story:

Throughout the meeting, Leiter tended to side with Napolitano, and Holder often aligned with Mueller, the official said.

Source: FoxNews

That is big news. Attorney General Eric Holder is responsible for granting civilian trials to 9-11 conspirators. - a move that will almost certainly compromise current and future investigations into domestic and international terrorist threats. Yet, in this instance, Holder seems to be siding with the FBI.

Holder's actions in the Zazi case can be taken one of three ways:

1.) Even Eric Holder can't deny that Janet Napolitano is a dangerous clown...

or

2.) Eric Holder is just as incompetent as Janet Napolitano and his contradictory positions on terror investigations should come as no surprise.
or

3.) President Obama was behind the KSM/9-11 show trial idea and he is also behind Napolitano's efforts to thwart the Zazi investigation through dissemenation and leaks.