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2025-02-05 Government Corruption
‘We Don't Let Them Get in Our Way’: GS-14 DHS Official Admits Department Will Defy Trump Appointed Secretary Kristi Noem's ‘Marching Orders,’ Reveals Tactics to ‘Interpret Priorities We Don't Agree
The undercover video of that idiot can be seen at the link, providing the piece the previous article about this story lacked.
[OKeefeMediaGroup] Brandon Wright, a GS-14 Platform Services Manager for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), admitted that career officials within the department actively resist directives from political appointees, including newly appointed DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

“The truth is, we don’t let them [secretaries] get in our way,” Wright disclosed to an undercover O’Keefe Media journalist. He went on to explain the deeply entrenched bureaucratic resistance within DHS, likening it to a multi-layered septic system that filters out directives it does not align with. “There’s a lot of layers, like [in] government… By the time the actual marching orders get to me and below, we can filter it in a way that steadies the ship.”

This admission exposes a deliberate effort within the department to manipulate the interpretation of policy decisions based on personal and ideological preferences, rather than faithfully executing the agenda set by elected and appointed officials. “If we don’t agree with those priorities,” Wright stated, confirming that DHS officials often redefine priorities they oppose to make them more palatable to their own perspectives: “There’s a lot of room for interpretation.”

Wright didn’t mince words about his view of Kristi Noem’s ability to lead the department, declaring: “Kristi Noem doesn’t know… She doesn’t know her ass.” He went even further, casting doubt on her competency: “The Department of Homeland Security could fall on her f*cking head, and she wouldn’t recognize what it is.”

His disdain for Noem’s leadership was clear, as he admitted: “To say that I am not excited about this would be the most epic understatement.”

The Department of Homeland Security provided the following statement to O’Keefe Media Group:
“Secretary Noem has not seen the video in its entirety. This type of behavior will not be tolerated. This person has been placed on leave and is under investigation… The senior official says the termination of the official is imminent.”
Posted by NoMoreBS 2025-02-05 12:23|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top
 File under: Mob Rule 

#1 Pam Bondi issues sweeping 'weaponization' memo threatening to fire DOJ lawyers who undermine Trump

The text also includes an explicit threat, stating that 'any Justice Department attorney who declines to sign a brief, refuses to advance good-faith arguments on behalf of the Trump administration, or otherwise delays or impedes the Justice Department’s mission will be subject to discipline and potentially termination.'
Posted by Skidmark 2025-02-05 16:18||   2025-02-05 16:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Getting boozed up in Georgetown and talking smack on hidden camera was dumb when the first guy did it several years ago. Yet they keep doing it.
Posted by Super Hose 2025-02-05 17:13||   2025-02-05 17:13|| Front Page Top

#3 ...well, they're well liquored liberals. It's an ego thingy not to mention a small appendage thingy. Back in the old Soviet days it was referred to as a honey trapping.
Posted by Procopius2k 2025-02-05 17:27||   2025-02-05 17:27|| Front Page Top

#4 #2 "This chick is wayyy hot and really into me!. I thought she was outta my league, but perhaps I just underappreciated my Alpha Male appeal"
Posted by Frank G 2025-02-05 18:03||   2025-02-05 18:03|| Front Page Top

#5 I just underappreciated my Alpha Male appeal"

Age, baldness, and memory loss are no longer our friend.
Posted by Besoeker 2025-02-05 18:07||   2025-02-05 18:07|| Front Page Top

#6 I just keep repeating to myself, "Henry Kissinger and Jill St John".
Posted by SteveS 2025-02-05 18:23||   2025-02-05 18:23|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ A temporary illness on her part. She ended up with Robert Wagner. Lucky f*cker
Posted by Frank G 2025-02-05 18:25||   2025-02-05 18:25|| Front Page Top

#8  This chick is wayyy hot and really into me!.

Some of the reporters are male, depending on what works.
Posted by trailing wife 2025-02-05 21:25||   2025-02-05 21:25|| Front Page Top

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