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March 2013

FRANK GAFFNEY: PUTTING POLITICS OVER PUBLIC SAFETY

http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2013/03/04/putting-politics-over-public-safety/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=putting-politics-over-public-safety

Putting politics over public safety: Brennan’s backing of Shariah could cost American lives

An ominous pattern has been developing, particularly of late: The Obama administration seems determined to subordinate public safety to political expediency. If a course-correction is not effected promptly, the result is predictable. Americans will be needlessly harmed and, perhaps, killed.

The most recent and obvious example was the release last week of hundreds of reportedly dangerous illegal aliens from federal detention. The rationale given was that sequestration-dictated budget cuts made their incarceration unaffordable. The White House has disavowed any involvement in this reckless decision. It was certainly in keeping, though, with President Obama’s erstwhile mantra that extremely dire repercussions — including the disruption of critical public services — would flow from a fiscal train wreck that he has refused either to acknowledge devising or to stave off.