Just in case President Obama was getting ready for a statement to the press asserting that “this was not the Van Jones I knew,” this little nugget courtesy of The Prowler at American Spectator should give him second thoughts — not to mention one or two nightmares. It seems the Office of the White House Counsel raised concerns about the hiring of Jones when “inconsistencies” were discovered in Jones’ completed Questionnaire for National Security Positions, a form routinely given to individuals who have been slotted for potential White House appointments. A copy of the form can be found here.
It also now appears that Jones wasn’t entirely truthful about his views on the 9/11 truther movement. Jones’ initial reaction to the press was that he doesn’t support the truthers and that his signing of the 2004 petition was a mistake. (Howard Dean on Fox News Sunday described it as an example of a politician innocently signed clipboard shoved in front him.) Yet, documents have come out that suggest Jones helped organize a 2002 truther protest march in San Francisco.
Care to comment, Mr. President?
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Red State says that the “WH counsel” leak is a part of the feud between the Valerie Jarrett wing (far left) of the Admin and the Greg Craig wing (less Progressive: supports FISA, has presidential aspirations, friend of Karl Rove[!])
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/09/08/valerie-jarretts-show
September 9th, 2009 at 9:05 am
@Barbara — Barbara, nice to see this thing beginning to come apart at the seams. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:51 pm