Tom Ridge: BushCo pushed to raise security alert for political reasons prior to re-election

By GottaLaff

BushCo politicized the Justice Department, BushCo politicized... well, everything. The latest revelation (as if we didn't know this already, right?) from former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge is that they politicized the security of our nation:

[I]n the book, Ridge reveals that he considered resigning because he was urged to issue a politically-motivated security alert on the eve of Bush’s re-election.

He considered resigning, but he didn't resign. Way to put America first, Tom.

Among the headlines promoted by publisher Thomas Dunne Books: Ridge was never invited to sit in on National Security Council meetings; was “blindsided” by the FBI in morning Oval Office meetings because the agency withheld critical information from him; found his urgings to block Michael Brown from being named head of the emergency agency blamed for the Hurricane Katrina disaster ignored; and was pushed to raise the security alert on the eve of President Bush’s re-election, something he saw as politically motivated and worth resigning over.

Playing politics with terror was a relatively frequent occurrence in the Bush administration.

See how safe BushCo kept us? If you read Jane Mayer's book, The Dark Side, you can see how they made a habit of blindsiding, shunning, withholding information, and politicizing. But remember... whatever we do, we shouldn't look back, just keep looking forward.