The blog Us or Them has made some additional good points on the lengthy press conference report that both Judy and I posted on earlier today. One of his points is also one I’m wondering about. Just a couple of days ago it appeared that the Bush Administration pot was boiling over the security issue regarding these refugees, so much so that the controversy was going to be settled by the National Security Council.
Then, in a press conference between State Department and DHS Officials, (a transcript of a press conference was released and is here) , all seems to be peachy-keen, hunky doory, and tikity-boo with no mention of any referral to the NSC..
One explanation I’ll throw out is that those reporters asking questions did not want to hear about a national security controversy. They have their template story to write—Bush Administration dragging its feet, people suffering—and didn’t want to contemplate any messy ideas like terrorist infiltration through the program. I noticed that not one of those reporters asked about the security controversy and the NSC.