9/11

9/11, REAL ID

Spitzer plans to issue drivers licenses to illegals: Bush says Real ID; Hillary remains silent

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The 9/11 Commission Report recommended that ‘Real ID’ be enacted after they discovered that the 19 9/11 hijackers were state-issued 57 drivers licenses and identification cards. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) voted to enact ‘The Real ID Act of 2005.’ While Senator Clinton refuses to criticize New York Governor Spitzer for his plan that will make it easier for terrorists to conduct additional attacks here, President George W. Bush is not backing down:

The White House yesterday turned a cold shoulder to Gov. Spitzer’s plan to give driver’s licenses to illegal aliens. Asked if President Bush sides with Spitzer or critics of the plan, such as Mayor Bloomberg and former Mayors Ed Koch and Rudy Giuliani, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino touted the president’s own approach. “We’ll stick with our REAL ID Act,” she said, referring to new federal requirements that state driver’s licenses include “biometric” identifiers to combat the identity fraud that gave the 9/11 terrorist plotters free rein.

Another White House spokesman, Scott Stanzel, later added that while states are responsible for extending driving privileges, the federal government is responsible for national security and border control that is easily undermined with bogus identification cards.

“Anything that conflicts with our efforts to increase secure identification or the enforcement of our immigrations laws is concerning,” he said. “The Department of Homeland Security has been very focused on secure identification – increasing the security of identity documents and assuring that individuals are who they say they are.”

Spitzer aides were not surprised at the White House reaction. “Did you expect them to [endorse it]?” asked Spitzer spokeswoman Jennifer Givner. She said New York, like the rest of the states, is still waiting for the federal government to release regulations about how to enact the REAL ID act. “Once we have the definitive regulations, New York will respond accordingly,” Givner said.

Governor Pataki did not wait for “regulations” before protecting the people of New York. In fact, New York — a state that lost 1,747 people on 9/11 — began to require proof that a person is in the United States legally even before ‘Real ID’ was signed into law by President Bush.

Speak up, Senator Clinton. Are you for or against Governor Spitzer’s plan?

9/11, Political wind

9/11 secrets thief remains unofficial advisor to Hillary Clinton

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In today’s New York Post:

Hillary Rodham Clinton distanced herself yesterday from close friend and adviser Sandy Berger — who snatched classified documents form the National Archives — after it was revealed he is helping guide her presidential campaign.

“He has no official role in my campaign. He’s been a friend for more than 30 years. But he doesn’t have any official role,” she insisted. Asked if Berger had an “unofficial” role, Clinton told USA Today, “I have thousands of unofficial advisers … and, you know, I appreciate all of that. But he has no official role in my campaign.”

Clinton, who traveled across Iowa yesterday touting her new economic plan, was on the defensive for the continuing connection to her old friend, former President Bill Clinton’s national security adviser.

Berger, who ‘fessed up to filching classified terror-related documents from the National Archives in 2003, got slapped with a $50,000 fine, probation, and lost his security clearance. Berger later admitted to investigators that he swiped sensitive documents on several occasions, stashing them in his clothes and taking them home preceding hearings by the Sept. 11 commission.

Berger then went home and shredded the documents and “panicked” when investigators found out, according to an inspector general’s report.