[ RadSafe ] Re: More about Falkenrath (was New Your City Council meets on detectors)

[Steven Dapra]

Jan. 30

         No background in law enforcement.  Hmmm.  How very 
interesting.  It's almost like someone was working behind the scenes to get 
Falkenrath his job.  I'll bet he's receiving a lucrative remuneration, 
too.  I wonder what the whole story is on him and how he got his job.

Steven Dapra


At 09:32 AM 1/30/08 -0500, cjb01 at health.state.ny.us wrote:


>On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:26:12 -0700 Steve Dapra wrote:
>
>"More about Falkenrath:  "Falkenrath is a long-standing member --
>albeit a junior one -- of the Bush inner circle. He worked on the
>administration's transition to power in 2000 and then in various positions
>dealing with weapons-proliferation issues and homeland security. According
>to an online biography, he was 'one of the architects of the Department of
>Homeland Security and the principal author of the National Strategy for
>Homeland Security.' "
>********************************************
>
>The fact that he was an architect of DHS  pretty much says it all.
>But, there's even more!
>He has no background in law enforcement - unusual for a Deputy Police
>Commissioner.
>This of course brings to mind a former FEMA director who had no background
>in emergency management.
>In a 2005 Frontline interview, Dr. Falkenrath said of Mr. Brown:
>
>"Lots of people can excel in jobs for which they don't have any particular
>experience."
>
>  <www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/storm/interviews/
>  falkenrath.html>
>
>Indeed.
>
>Clayton J. Bradt
>Assistant Bureau Director
>BERP
>NYS Dept. of Health
>518-402-7550