"Sheep in Wolf's Clothing"
Lamar Smith Should Know

Washington Post -- December 2  Lamar Smith has been fighting illegal immigration in Congress for years. A Pragmatic Pair Chosen to Confront Terrorism Threat     ...Although Napolitano was the first governor to call for National Guard troops to help secure the border in 2006, House Republicans attacked her centrist image head-on yesterday, calling her a "sheep in wolf's clothing" whose reputation as a tough enforcer was unearned.     "She talks tough, but her record is weak," said Rep. Lamar Smith (Tex.), the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee. In a statement, Smith called Napolitano's selection "troubling" and "an early sign that the Obama administration intends to weaken enforcement and push for amnesty."     The secretary of homeland security, too, will inherit many challenges. Those include the politically delicate questions of whether to scale back immigration enforcement, whether to continue investing hundreds of millions on unproven surveillance technology to erect a "virtual fence" at the border, and how to meet a 2012 congressional mandate to screen 100 percent of U.S.-bound cargo overseas for nuclear materials.     Analysts say it would be a mistake to assume that Napolitano would immediately bring a lighter hand to domestic security measures, if only because of the risk of appearing weak on terrorism. American Patrol Report Comment: BS – "Analysts say" is just another journalistic trick. Don't assume, help American Border Patrol verify.