White House rebuffed attempts by DHS to make combating domestic terrorism a higher priority
White House officials rebuffed efforts by their colleagues at the Department of Homeland Security for more than a year to make combating domestic terror threats, such as those from white supremacists, a greater priority as specifically spelled out...
Jake Tapper
126d ago
Exclusive: White House rebuffed attempts by DHS to make combating domestic terrorism a higher priority
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The WH deliberately pressed DHS to make white nationalist terrorism a lower priority, @jaketapper reports cnn.com/2019/08/07/pol… pic.twitter.com/X8rxQwA1cM
White House officials reportedly rebuffed efforts by their colleagues at the Department of Homeland Security for more than a year to make combating domestic terror threats a higher priority, according to current and former senior admin officials.
Feel like this should be a bigger story.
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NEW: White House rebuffed attempts by DHS to make combating domestic terrorism a higher priority.
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New from CNN: "White House officials rebuffed efforts by their colleagues at the Department of Homeland Security for more than a year to make combating domestic terror threats, such as those from white supremacists, a greater priority"
Imagine a President of the United States, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, being warned of terrorist attacks and ignoring them. This is dereliction of duty.
White House rebuffed attempts by DHS to make combating domestic terrorism a higher priority - CNNPolitics
This story, about the NatSec bureaucracy's largely failed effort to respond to white supremacist terror, got largely overlooked yesterday. This is the replay of 9/11--where POTUS refused to prepare--that everyone said would not happen.
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WH officials rebuffed efforts by DHS for more than a year to make combating domestic terror threats, such as those from white supremacists, a greater priority, per current & fmr sr admin officials & other sources close to the Trump admin. cnn.com/2019/08/07/pol… via @jaketapper
“The former senior administration official noted that the White House, specifically the President, has a problem criticizing white supremacy, and says he ‘didn't have expectation they would get behind it’” — @jaketapper
"Homeland Security officials battled the White House for more than a year to get them to focus more on domestic terrorism," one senior source close to the Trump administration tells CNN. "... They had major ideological blinders on."
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While he played golf and demagogued, "White House officials rebuffed efforts by their colleagues at the Department of Homeland Security for more than a year to make combating domestic terror threats...a greater priority..."