Asa Hutchinson Quotes
There's been intelligence that terrorists would look to programs such as the visa waiver program to exploit.
Hutchinson, Asa. "Statement on Border Security." CNN Newsroom, Cable News Network, 2015.
Two months later the attack of September 11 took place. CIA Director Tenant had been do alarmed by the information that the CIA had obtained that he immediately called the National Security Advisor to arrange a briefing at the White House. This was attended by Rich B, Tenant, and his deputy for counter-terrorism, Cofer Black. Black recommended that the United States immediately go on a “war footing.” It is not known what Rice discussed with President Bush but the nation did not go on a war footing and there was no alert even of the airports where the terrorists started their attack taking over planes. Tenant would later say that one of his biggest regrets was that he did not take the matter to the President personally when his meeting with Rice produced no action.
This statement is quoted by many critics of the agency who ask if the threat is so easy and ubiquitous, why have there been so few attacks?
Members of Congress have always been allowed to say anything on the floor of Congress regardless of its accuracy and truth, even stating an absurdity. This particular absurd rumor started in Texas and was repeated in the Texas statehouse and then picked up by one of the most gullible members of Congress and this urban legend then gets its 10 minutes of exposure. When Gohmert was told by journalists that the FBI had stated that there is no such activity that they know about, the Congressman observed that was because they were not thoroughly investigating it.
William Asa Hutchinson II (/ˈeɪsə/, AY-sə) is an American politician serving as the 46th and current Governor of Arkansas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the U.S. Attorney for the Fort Smith-based Western District of Arkansas (1982–1985), U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 3rd congressional district (1997–2001), Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (2001–2003) and the first Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security at the United States Department of Homeland Security (2003–2005).
