There’s a surprising amount of anti-semitism throughout the Government bureaucracy. Even though a number of Agency and Department heads are Jewish, the bureaucracy as a whole does not have that many Jewish personnel. Jews are not considered professional diversity victims, and, that aside, most non-victim bureaucrats tend to be receptive to people like themselves. I think some people would be surprised at the amount of anti-Israel feeling in large parts of the Government bureaucracy, and I’m not talking about appointees — I’m talking about career civil servants many of whom feel that Jews are out of place, and, when you get right down to it, don’t belong in their agencies and departments. Although the State Department is a glaring example, it is by no means the only one.

c f on February 8, 2008 at 3:14 pm

It makes me sick to think that we have our people fighting and dying in another nation while we open the front door here and seek out those same people who want to kill us to now protect us?!?!?!
The leadership from the President on down have completely sold out America. Additionally our only choices running for President are nothing but a continuation of the same bullshit!!
I’m sick and tired of the “outreach” and “reach across the isle” mentality of our President.

newinnewark on February 8, 2008 at 3:26 pm

I don’t know what your opinion is of the ATF but my experience is that their agents have no respect for the FBI whatsover. They are considered incompetent grandstanding goofs. Much as they are portrayed in the movie Die Hard.

J-Lin on February 8, 2008 at 3:48 pm

Debbie – they won’t hire Jews who speak fluent Arabic but they WILL hire extremist Muslims. No wonder they’re Famous But Incompetent in getting qualified people who can help America win the war against Islamofascism.

NormanF on February 8, 2008 at 4:14 pm

The first priority of American citizens, the federal government, and responsible political parties (hint: not the Democrats) must be what many refer to as “national existence.” The growing rejection of the historical people and culture of the United States, in the name of multiculturalism and diversity, inevitably is leading to the undermiining of everything we value and live for in this country.

RepublicanPatriot on February 8, 2008 at 7:02 pm

The number one reason we’re still fighting a war against barbarians who idolize a 6th century pedophile.

warpmine on February 8, 2008 at 10:18 pm

Debbie – I would not worry if the FBI does not hire Jewish and faithfull Arabic speakers. It is their loss.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEQQUdU7Dqs

Daniel on February 8, 2008 at 11:07 pm

This is not the FBI or ICE of a Libertarian President. I am a member of the The LIBERTARIAN PARTY and I urge DS readers to consider becoming active members of the third largest party in the U.S. Libertarian thought at its most basic level agrees with Jefferson’s statement, “That government is best which governs least.” http://www.lp.org/
The party platform encompasses all or most of the following: strong support of individual civil liberties and private property, the belief that government should not interfere in the lives of citizens other than to provide police and military protection; belief in the positive powers of the free market; and an espousal of constitutionally limited and greatly reduced government.
A true Libertarian strongly supports securing our borders and enforcing the Constitution. EFFECTIVE Homeland Security (unlike the current DHS) would make investigation, arrest and prosecution of those who engage in “jihad” (terrorism)and conspire to destroy our freedom, a top priority of federal law enforcement.
The framers of our Constitution based many of their democratic ideals on the social contract principles espoused by Hobbes and Locke who recognized that “the people [are] the source of all authority in [the] nation” (Thomas Jefferson, Cabinet Opinion, 1793). That is, the power of government originates in the people who band together to form society and who transfer certain natural rights (particularly the right to protect their own rights through force) to the government to enhance their mutual benefit.
The following oath is also taken by the Vice President, members of the Cabinet, and all other civil and military officers and federal employees other than the President:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.

ParaLyzer on February 9, 2008 at 1:06 am

“The first priority of American citizens, the federal government, and responsible political parties (hint: not the Democrats) must be what many refer to as ‘national existence.’ The growing rejection of the historical people and culture of the United States, in the name of multiculturalism and diversity, inevitably is leading to the undermining of everything we value and live for in this country.” Posted by: RepublicanPatriot
Sir, I must respectfully disagree. The first priority of American citizens is to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies. There is not a dime’s worth of difference between the Republican and Democrat Parties. Both ignore the Constitution and make preservation of the power of the two party system their number one priority. Unfortunately, the two-party system has emerged as representing only one philosophy – big-government liberalism.

ParaLyzer on February 9, 2008 at 1:26 am

We, poor fools with long ears, actually don’t know what is going on here in the high spheres. USA, whatever any USA patriot may try to object, have been created by the “few(tip-of-pyramide)/wise(kunning/shrewd)/rich(blood-sucking)” individuals, whose goal was to replace the one(king) monarchy with the group-monarchy. USA have been created in a result of a CIVIL war of (primarily) Englishmen against Englishmen with the intention to remove any previously set obstacles for the super-rich to gain their monetary marks, practically – unlimited, and, as far as possible, to prevent any new-comer to intrude in the sphere of high-money. The few outsiders, who, in each generation, break into this spelled circle, must be monsters (like Obama, for example, whoever else he is) in order to reach their goal. Yes, you may say that in the past there have been some idiotic idealists, as Garfield or Wilson, but, the more the system is maturing and calciferating, the less and less remote (if probable now) is any possibility for non-monster (I don’t say – honest one) to get into White House and, even, Capitolium. You try to say that this system is broken like an old clock and it is a time to make heroic efforts to repair it. Not at all. This system, that has been created with this potential development in mind of its founders, is working correctly. That is why it shall not be a surprise that USA has currently Bush as a president – it is precisely because for Bush it does not matter what will be here – even Islam. People like him, mentally primitive and culturally undeveloped, are not attached at all to the mainstream of European-type of civilization – only to its seemingly limitless financial resources. Anything included – tech. progress and etc. – are only the vehicles for such people to reach their seemingly limitless financial Everest.
If they would really want to make FBI and the struggle with the terrorism as a whole different from what we see now, they would do it long ago. It is the beginning of a time, when wise people, that still have some monwy to do it, must search around to find another place of living – like some better European countries or Russia, for example. Russia is starting to look now as the overall best candidate, since it is pushing up and very vigorously, and terribly needs replenishment of its population. The cream of the USA society will be always appreciated there.

MarcAurelio on February 9, 2008 at 3:26 am

And – as to the Jewish Arabic translators, so famously (infamously?) rejected by FBI – isn’t it a time for them to start law suits against this impotent organisation on the ground on discrimination? In nay case FBI does not give any good use except for the part of money that can be won.

MarcAurelio on February 9, 2008 at 3:33 am

I’d rather have J. Edgar Hoover in a ball gown and feathered boa than this. Just remember the complete and incredible roundup of all the Nazis and Axis enemy agents (thousands) in the few days after Pearl Harbor. An unbelievable feat done without computers, internet or cell phones. There were NO serious acts of sabotage during WWII in the U.S.
These days I don’t think they could round up the enemy Jihadists in the FBI building in a month.

poetcomic1 on February 9, 2008 at 9:52 am