Vermont official slams Chertoff's terror threat speculation
Many of us were left scratching our heads when Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff said he had "" that where would be a terror attack on US soil this summer. Just days after the comment, became the first Homeland Security official to denounce Chertoff's fear-mongering:
"The statement of the secretary, "a gutfeeling," and putting that out to unnecessarily concern people, isirresponsible," he told Channel 3. "We want to make timely, accurateinformed, reasonable decisions about protecting our citizens in thiscountry."
Kerry Sleeper is the Public Safety Commissioner in Vermont -- the highest ranking Homeland Security official in that state. Sleeper and other local officials nationwide have had a difficult time coming up with the budget money to pay for all the unfunded federal mandates.
Tip of the cap to Sleeper for standing up to Chertoff. It takes a lot of courage for a sitting department official to publicly challenge his national superior. I would like to see that kind of courage in the Justice Department.
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