Bush Plans To Install Inexperienced Crony As Homeland Security Chief

Posted by Pam Spaulding at 1:00 PM on August 27, 2007.

This post, written by Pam Spaulding, originally appeared on Pam's House Blend

If Gonzales is replaced by Homeland Insecurity head Michael Chertoff, CNN's sources say that DHS will be headed up by Clay Johnson III, the Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget.

It would be yet another hack appointment, a friend of Bush, completely unqualified to defend the homeland, as it were. Think Progress:

Johnson, who has no homeland security experience, is a professional Bush loyalist. While Johnson may have familiarity with some aspects of DHS's budget, he appears to have no experience in the many responsibilities of the department, including immigration, air travel security, disaster response, and other aspects of our nation's homeland defense.

He is one of Bush's oldest friends, having attended both prep school and college with the President. Johnson served as Bush's gubernatorial chief of staff in Texas before heading up the Bush-Cheney transition team.

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