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According to the article, Marilyn Tavenner is responsible for authorizing the security checks to be skipped, along with several other administrators at HHS. No
by generj 13y ago
According to the article, Marilyn Tavenner is responsible for authorizing the security checks to be skipped, along with several other administrators at HHS.
Now, I would argue that Sibelius is ultimately responsible for setting unrealistic timelines, and general culture at HHS, but without a smoking gun I'm not going to blame the President. Yet. Although I think he entrusted his only signature act in the hands of a very incompetent woman, and gave her carte blanche for 3 years.
The programmer responsible (and his QA) should still be relegated to typewriters for the rest of their careers.
- briandear 13y agoThe fault lies with Sebelius, however the same logic would absolve Bush of Rumsfeld's errors.
- GVIrish 13y agoTo me the question is, once the president learns of the incompetence of a subordinate, what action does he take? Does the president hold the subordinate accountable, and fire them? Or does the president just let them keep on bungling. Rumsfeld eventually resigned, but Bush didn't push him out, meaning Bush owns Rumsfeld's failures. In my opinion, if Obama doesn't hold Sebelius and Clapper accountable, he owns their incompetence and misconduct.