Maura Hardy worked for Reagan and Bush Snr.: Stop Lying Shuster

[malaise]

http://www.state.gov/secretary/former/powell/remarks/2002/14852.htm

Maura Harty was chosen for her current position as the Executive Secretary of the Department of State by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell in May 2001.

Ambassador Harty entered the Foreign Service in 1981 after receiving a bachelor’s degree from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Following an initial assignment to the American Embassy in Mexico City, Ambassador Harty returned to Washington and immediately participated in the United States’ rescue mission to Grenada. Ambassador Harty and another State Department officer flew in with international military forces to lead the search for endangered American students and retirees. She later served as a Watch Officer in the State Department’s Operations Center and was promoted to Senior Watch Officer during that assignment. In 1987-1988, Harty was a Special Assistant to then Secretary of State George P. Shultz.

Harty returned overseas in 1988 by volunteering for service at the American Embassy in Bogota, Colombia at the time judged to be among the most dangerous assignments available. As chief of the visa section, she pioneered new ways to identify drug traffickers and to establish legal means to impede their travel, as well as the travel of family members who benefited from the proceeds of narcotics trafficking. Ambassador Harty subsequently served as Consul at the American Embassy in Madrid. During that time she was also drafted to assist in the opening of the American Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Clinton gave her a post where she could no longer 'watch'.

Do not be distracted with the spin. She is a 100% Rethug with loads of experience.

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[SammyWinstonJack]

1. K&R

[malaise]

2. She was a career foreign service employee

Clearly Clinton did not fire her but gave her a less harmful position.

Beware of M$M and their spin!

[Eurobabe]

3. what was she looking for?

or trying to plant? inquiring minds want to know.

[malaise]

5. Note this sentence

As chief of the visa section, she pioneered new ways to identify drug traffickers and to establish legal means to impede their travel, as well as the travel of family members who benefited from the proceeds of narcotics trafficking.

[Eurobabe]

7. I swear, when a Dem gets elected this fall, the whole

god damned govt. needs to get cleaned out from top to bottom. Fire the LOT of them. They are all scheming spies, infiltrated by GOP-roaches: DOJ, FBI, GSA, etc.

No wonder they are all so afraid of Obama. :shrug:

[malaise]

8. Why didn't Shuster do his homework?

I am waiting for comments from Dem Senators today.

[Bumblebee]

21. Because Olbermann so much wanted it to be so! And Shuster knew it.

[Bandit]

11. Wasn't it during this period that the drug epidemic really boomed

And Crack Cocaine was introduced into the inner cities. She did a heck of job...

[malaise]

12. Indeed n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. I don't watch or listen to the M$M. But thanks for the warning, anyway.

[Little Star]

6. k&r

[malaise]

9. Shuster is still lying

He says Hardy got his biggest career promotion from Clinton. That is not true.

"Recently, there has been a lot of discussion of our visa process. I have read the report of the General Accounting Office and other reports that have examined the system in great detail. I have received letters from Congress, from groups and from individuals. I have studied all these ideas carefully.

We have made many changes already. We have added millions of names to our information base. We are conducting more interviews and making applicants subject to more scrutiny. Further upgrading our system is a high priority for me, something I work on every day.

To continue to make the system better, I want the best leader for our Bureau of Consular Affairs. The President and I have selected Ambassador Maura Harty as our agent of change. She is an experienced leader and a firm decision-maker. I look forward to working with the Senate on her prompt confirmation when Congress returns. We need to fill this position quickly to protect the American people from those who will try to attack us in the future." -Colin Powell

[formercia]

10. Substitute Liberal, Progressive, Democrat or anyone else

the Administration wants to go after with 'drug traffickers.'

"she pioneered new ways to identify drug traffickers and to establish legal means to impede their travel, as well as the travel of family members who benefited from the proceeds of narcotics trafficking."

[annabanana]

13. THANK YOU!!

Schuster is trying to make up for his Libby coverage? or what??

[malaise]

14. Remember his attack on Chelsea

led to a suspension. He is lying big time.

[Bumblebee]

22. No, he is trying to please Olbermann -- that's how it all started.

[mrJJ]

15. Will Maura Harty "Lawyer Up?"

Taking a poly for State Dept employees in "sensitive" positions is a normal procedure. She is no longer a State Dept employee. Lets see if she will take a poly if requested by the FBI.

[malaise]

16. She retired early this month

before the 3rd breach but that employee was not fired.

[InkAddict]

23. This was interesting, considering the source.

LOL - so you don't have to go there.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/835543/posts

After news broke that the State Department was brokering a deal to give up to $345 billion—or more—in Social Security benefits to illegal aliens from Mexico (through what’s known as a “Totalization Agreement”), Consular Affairs (CA) chief Maura Harty was furious. Not that the my story was inaccurate—it wasn’t—but that such sensitive details of the agreement made their way into public view.

Harty lashed out at CA staff members, declaring that the “leak” at State was a “traitor.” (It is important to note that I may or may not have had a State Department source, and the story itself did not indicate one way or the other.) After reminding them that “leaks” could see their salaries cut or jobs disappear, Harty instructed CA staffers to read State’s “Mission Statement.” (http://travel.state.gov/mission.html) But State’s “Mission Statement,” if anything, justifies the leaking of documents that expose secretive negotiations designed to deceive the White House and transfer hundreds of billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to illegal aliens from Mexico.

Looking at the principles that comprise State’s mission, it is not clear why Harty believes a potential “leak” at State would be a “traitor.” Of the mission’s five core values—loyalty, character, service, accountability, and community—State would seem to have violated at least two key ones in its underhanded dealings with the Mexican government on the Totalization Agreement. Take loyalty, for starters. “Loyalty” is defined as “Commitment to the United States and the American people.” How is a deal to divert $345 billion over the next two decades away from Social Security and into the pockets of illegal aliens from just one country—Mexico—an act of “commitment to the United States and the American people”? ....

What may have Harty more nervous, though, is the investigation underway at the General Accounting Office (GAO). The GAO study—requested by the Chairman of the Social Security Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee, Clay Shaw—will examine a whole host of issues, including the true status of negotiations and what caused the accord with Mexico to be so different from the other agreements on the question of covering illegals. GAO investigators are providing Chairman Shaw’s staff monthly updates, and the next one is due by the end of February. Their investigation may take awhile. When Chairman Shaw’s staff requested the data and any other material used to justify the original, low-cost estimates, SSA officials could not provide any documents or work product to substantiate the figures....

If the Totalization Agreement with Mexico is derailed, then the biggest loser may be Harty. A senior State official notes, “Maura badly wanted a ‘deliverable’ here—something she could give the White House to curry favor with Karl Rove and company while she was still new on the job. But it looks like that really is not going to happen now.”

[malaise]

24. Very interesting

The plot thickens

[seemslikeadream]

17. oh shit

Thanks malaise

[malaise]

18. Any time

:hi:

I notice that Shuster has just dropped the Clinton connection. Maybe he reads DU. :D

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[rucky]

19. I'm going with the guy who signs her paychecks.

the one who wants to legally spy on us, and is willing to do it illegally.

[malaise]

20. Bingo

The first big man to reach for a 'spinterview' was Eagleberger. Do we need anymore proof?

I hope Bill Clinton jumps right into this obfuscation.

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[Lucinda]

25. Thanks for the info!