Napolitano's options: quit or get fired

[Cabin4]

That is the job of HS. It was specifically formed to develop recommendation to the president, congress on improving security of the homeland. They are chartered with methods and process development that provide cross agency intelligence data gathering to string and connect the dots. There are 230,000 people working for the DHS and their charter and mission is broad ranging and includes the specific component of airline security that relates to screening passengers and immigration security. HS develops the process and TSA executes it as in the case of passenger screening. HS failed at it job to ensure the processes that were already in place are working. There were multiple failures and yes, we have a right to demand that the Dutch follow our passenger screening process just like they have every right to demand we follow there's for flights out of US origins with a destination of the Netherlands.

They should either do their job or shut down the agency so we can save the cumulative salaries of 230,000 worthless employees. In the meantime, Napalitano should be fired. She is not doing her job. She should have been fired months ago when the stupid "Right Wing Extremist" report was released to the public.

[pmeisel]

They should either do their job or shut down the agency so we can save the cumulative salaries of 230,000 worthless employees.

They should shut down the agency.  The employees who are worthwhile will be rehired by somebody, somewhere.

My solution for law enforcement efficiency -- fire everybody who isn't elected (county sheriffs and many attorneys general) and start over, rehiring what you absolutely need, which will be less than half.....

[jlchucker]

They should either do their job or shut down the agency so we can save the cumulative salaries of 230,000 worthless employees.

They should shut down the agency.  The employees who are worthwhile will be rehired by somebody, somewhere.

My solution for law enforcement efficiency -- fire everybody who isn't elected (county sheriffs and many attorneys general) and start over, rehiring what you absolutely need, which will be less than half.....

They aren't all worthless--only the ones who are trying to create new jobs and positions into which they can be promoted, their friends and underlings who will be taken care of in spite of civil service hiring and promotion rules, and those who are currying favor with elected officials.  Some agencies in Homeland Security started off actually trying to do their best--or at least their employees did.  Then all of that got watered down by those described above, in order to create layers of management into which they could get promoted.  Starting over might not be a bad idea but it all starts with the politicians (who are temporary until the next election) and works its way down through the special interest groups.  The whole problem would be back in about 8 years--a presidential election cycle, presuming two terms--and a couple of congressional cycles.  In short, our hired Bureaucracy that stays while politicians come and go, is corrupt.