[Rummy's] staffers have been phoning city officials, including some in Orange County, and strongly urging them to structure Fourth of July celebrations around the war in Iraq.
"I got the impression that they had a list of every city in the nation that had applied for a pyrotechnics permit, and were calling them to persuade them to be part of the program," said one OC city official. [italics mine]
with this (posted here June 11):
Under the federal Safe Explosives Act, aimed at improving homeland security, people wishing to put on large fireworks displays as of May 24 must have a permit from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
[italics mine]
and you've got your smoking gun that the Department of Homeland Security has already been highly politicized by the malAdministration in a mere matter of months. First DelayGate, now this.
Good thing the DHS employees have civil service protection so they can resist pressure from aWol's political operatives. Oh, wait ...
Operation Shameless Weasel is complex and has many components, of which Operation Tribute to Freedom is but one. And don't those bombastic fake "operations" make you want to throw up?