Apparently we aren't bothering to do any security screening of employees when recommended by our friends.
[link|http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/1295361.html|Bush Officials Say Kerik Was Thoroughly Vetted]
Apparently he had an illegal alien working as a nanny.
And there's a lot [link|http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/10407987.htm?1c|more]. Like some affairs, improper acceptance of gifts, failure to pay bills, and his stock in Taser Intl.
Some more background at [link|http://www.americanprogressaction.org/site/pp.asp?c=klLWJcP7H&b=100480|American Progress].
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This just steams my clams. Bush can appoint a scumbag like this to head Homeland Security but I can't be trusted to work on USPS software as a contractor because I've been to bloody France.