Time for Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano to step down?

For those of you who do read this site and past articles you would remember my criticism of Janet Napolitano the Homeland Security Director. I for one do not have much faith in her ability to run what is this countries Umbrella security agency. She is by far the most interviewed Agency Director. I can recall only a handful of times in the past year that the FBI or CIA directors have been on TV to give an interview. Yet Napolitano is on every other week it seems. For this reason I think she has done a majority of the work to degrade the public’s trust in her.

Well, in what seems to have been foreshadowed by “yours truly”, Democrats and others are asking the question “Should Napolitano step down?” My answer is yes, she really should and I will tell you why. Amazingly it really has nothing to do with the fact that this recent terrorist plot happened or failed. It does have to do with the fact that after it did, she was posing questions in a media interview that she should already know considering she is the HOMELAND SECURITY SECRITARY. She made herself sound like she was completely out of the loop, as though she was in some entry level position with absolutely no clue as to what is going on. I don’t know about all of you out there, but I for one like my boss to know what is going on.

A real director of an agency should be commanding and demand respect because they know EVERYTHING that is going on with their organization. I know some of you are saying, “But there is so much going on how could she?” Well that’s the truth isn’t it? There really is a lot going on. So much so that she really couldn’t know everything. Public image is everything though. It is what makes people confident in your ability to do your job. When you lose your image it can be disastrous. Even if she had no clue what went on in this terrorist plot I personally believe she went about publicizing it totally wrong. Her choice of words were that of someone who is clueless. She really should have come out and instead of commenting about the faults. She should try and reassure that measures are being taken and procedures are being put in place.

In the end though, it really is a tossup as to whether she will leave or step down. Ideas like this can be tossed around when in reality they will lead to nothing. I do hope that for the sake of this country’s security she either gets her act together or ships out.