OBAMA APPOINTMENT: Arif Alikhan, Asst Secretary DHS

Arif Alikhan, currently deputy mayor for the city of Los Angeles, was appointed as assistant secretary for the Office of Policy Development at the Department of Homeland Security.

Muslim Democrats welcome Alikhan’s appointment

At a banquet/fundraiser for the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California last weekend, the first speaker was Arif Alikhan (Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles - in charge of public safety for the city). He bid  farewell, as he is going to take a post as Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security. Arif Alikhan is a devout Sunni and the son of Pakistani immigrants (here).

 ....speakers included Arif Ali Khan, the former Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles. He bid the attendees farewell as he  prepared to leave the Los Angeles area for Washington, D. C. There he will serve as Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Professor Agha Saeed of the American Muslim Task Force (AMT) spoke of the aftermath of 9/11 and the struggle of the Muslim Community against the pervasive atmosphere of Islamophobia and hatred. It was a struggle against the tide - a very strong tide - to prevent Muslims in America from being marginalized and silenced.

Professor Saeed ....issued five demands from Muslims to the Department of Justice. These demands included a cessation to the infiltration by spies of mosques and an end to the introduction of agents provocateur. In addition there was to be a cessation of attempts to undermine Muslim groups such as the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR).

This is where Alikhan spoke? He was comfortable with this terror talk?

Why Alikhan? DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano noted Alikhan’s “broad and impressive array of experience in national security, emergency preparedness and counterterrorism.” I am not sure what she is talking about (neither is she, I am sure.) 

Arif Alikhan was appointed Deputy Mayor of LA - picked from relative obscurity.

He began his career seven years ago, when he took a job with the Department of Justice hunting down computer hackers, crooks who were selling merchandise on Ebay at rock-bottom prices. In his former position as an assistant US attorney, Alikhan consistently did his work accurately and silently, never producing any headlines. But then he suddenly became one of the most important men in Los Angeles, America's second-largest city after New York.

He took the position of Deputy Mayor in November 2006. The year that the Congress went Democrat and history and America took a disastrous turn. How does an obscure bureaucrat a and devout Muslim come to the position of Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles - in charge of public safety for the city? And now Assistant Secretary to DHS?

Un-indicted co-conspirator CAIR was thrilled at the appointment:

CAIR-LA Congratulates Calif. Muslim Appointed to DHS Post , Arif Alikhan will serve as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development

 (LOS ANGELES, CA., 5/6/09) - The Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today congratulated Arif Alikhan on his recent appointment as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

"Congratulations to Mr. Ali Khan on this well-deserved appointment," said CAIR-LA Executive Director Hussam Ayloush. "Mr. Alikhan's new position reflects his and the community's dedication to helping preserve the security of our country. The American Muslim community can be proud of him."

In the past few weeks, American Muslim leaders have been urging the Obama administration to be inclusive and to reflect the diversity of our nation as he selects the most qualified public servants to fill important positions.

Back in 2007, Alikhan was instrumental in removing the Muslim terror tracking plan in LA.

The controversial Muslim 'Mapping' Plan of the Los Angeles Police Department is now "dead on arrival" according to Chief William Bratton.

"It is over and not just put on the side," said Chief Bratton in a meeting with the Muslim leadership of Southern California on Thursday, November 15th. The meeting was moderated by Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles, Arif Alikhan and attended by Deputy Chief Mike Downing.

Chief Bratton acknowledged the hurt and offense caused to Muslims and agreed to send a letter to the Muslim community announcing the official termination of the 'mapping' plan.

A major reason for the termination of the 'mapping' plan was the Muslim community's vociferous opposition and active civic engagement in making themselves heard beyond Los Angeles. Muslim organizations demonstrated a strong unity of purpose and message on the issue of 'mapping' that led to a position of strength for Muslims in the meeting. Those involved in the initial phases of this controversy were the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, and Muslim Advocates.

Today, the people of Los Angeles spoke and the City of Los Angeles listened to the collective voice for justice and civil rights.

Comments

[Kenny Solomon]

This is some sort of a sick joke, right Pamela ?

I'm looking for the "gotcha" line somewhere, but I don't see it.

Wait a second..... this isn't April 1st.

It's not a joke and it's not some dreamed-up thing to incite anyone into doing something really stupid like exercising their 1st Amendment Right to speak out in opposition.

This is real.

Oh but hey... American Idol auditions are this week, right ?

[defender]

Consider that this previous nobody will be a top dog at the federal agency that wants to criminalize the THOUGHTS of being concerned about 1) border security, 2) states rights, 3) protection of the unborn...

... while his coreligionists continue on a course of cultural annihilation:

http://www.politicalislam.com/blog/bulletin-of-cultural-annihilation-may-18-2009/

[al-Kidya]

Arif Ali Khan? A devout Sunni Muzzie? Assistant Secretary to the Department of Homeland Security?
Napolitano...“broad and impressive array of experience in national security, emergency preparedness and counterterrorism.” After Ali Khan agreed with Professor Agha Saeed's firey rhetoric?
WTF!
Have they lost their bleeding minds?
I feel so sorry for the safety and security of the US citizenry.
This kind of logic is truly beyond comprehension. The current US administration is completely out of touch with reality.
Janet Napolitano is definitely out of touch. I think Napolitano freaked out on that bad acid that was floating around at the Woodstock Festival of Peace and Love in '69 and never recovered.

Adolf Hitler couldn't have built his list of henchmen as fast as Hussein Obama is accomplishing in his short time in office.
I've wondered if he was reading Abraham Lincoln's memoirs while high on something like PCP or crack cocaine, but it almost appears to me as if he is trying to create another civil war in the US.
"Many of the problems Georgians saw more than one hundred fifty years ago are being reiterated today. The "oppressive" federal government. High taxes(tariffs before the war). A growing government unwilling to listen to law abiding citizens. Sound familiar? They were complaints levied from 1816 on in Georgia".(Randy Goldman-"Causes of the Civil War")

Face it! The US Constitution is being flushed down the drain faster than a camel turd drying in the desert sun.

[RISE_UP]

(Al kidye what you said.) Abe lincoln was much more about power to the government than he was for freedom of slaves. Let's hope if Obama is following Abe Lincoln he does it to the letter, we will all be better off for it. When you strip people of all they consider dear, freedom and ability to make a living, then the only thing they can do is declare war on the maker of the misery.
WE are the frog in cool water. Asleep as the heat is turned up by Obama and his muslims sponsors. The braindead liberals, don't realize it but they are part of the frog.

[Howie Subnick]

For years I have been saying that the United States is going to fall and it will be caused from within the government. Why can't the citizens of this GREAT country see what is happening? In less than ten years, the citizens of this country will look back and say, "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?" Keep on listening to those Hollywood morons and the 500 or so other morons that run the country and we will go down faster than a speeding bullet. It's time for the Washington set and the Hollywood "know nothings" to go to their local proctologist and have their heads examined! I hope the last man out takes the flag! God Blee Us All!

[mike]

This is dead serious. Look at this track record, bad enough to be on an appointed board, but now on homeland security, and it fleis under the radar too. Does anyone see whats going on here. Obama keeps going like this we may have the first president brought up on treason charges, if anyone in DC has balls left. He truly does not give a shit and will push his agenda. I blame GW for leaving the door open for this fool. Sav ouor country while we can still have a voice.

[Patriot Games]

I really confused, isn't there a few decorated high ranking persons in the military who have fought for this country and are at the end of their military career's just begging for jobs like this. Wake up America, this country is being hijacked right before your very eyes. The ruse is if you say anything contradictory about anyone (Muslims, Jews, Christians) you are considered a racially prejudiced person and will be abused and chastised for it. So basically they are removing your first amendment rights. Down goes the first amendment. They are working on the second Amendment.....To be continued. Read Malcolm Gladwell's book "The Tipping Point", we are approaching the tipping point.

[PRSCTR]

I personally worked with Arif Alikhan at the United States Attorney's Office in Los Angeles, and he is neither a "previous nobody," nor was he "plucked from relative obscurity" some of the obviously uninformed posters on this site seem to believe. During his time at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Arif was one of the office's leading authorities on cybercrime and electronic surveillance. He was one of the most respected prosecutors in the office largely because of the fact that he "consistently did his work accurately and silently," rather than trying to get his name in the media. And, although Arif was neither a publicity hound nor a shameless self-promoter, his professionalism and knowledge certainly caught the notice of the _Bush_ Justice Department, which asked him to come to Washington to oversee cybercrime programs nationwide. After his service in Washington, he came back to Los Angeles to serve in the Villaraigosa administration, replacing Maurice Suh, another former federal prosecutor who had left the Mayor's office to become a partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, one of the top law firms in the country.

Bottom line: Arif Alikhan is eminently qualified for this position, and the readers of this blog would be well advised to actually get their facts straight before spouting off uninformed nonsense.

[cangl5]

obama is sending the usa to heck in a hand basket and people aren't even paying any attention, also barry soetoro is his real name and born in Indonesia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he got a college education with a grant in that name as a foreign student!!!!!!!!!!!

[Freedomisnotfree]

I knew when I found out the oil rich Arabs payed for Obama's Law Degree that He was in under their control. Mark my words, the safe country President Bush gave us is over. Before the end of 2009 this country will feel the sting of these crazy Muslims. Satan wrote the Quran and only through God's word the Bible can anyone be saved. All you Muslims who want to know the truth please read the Book of John and you can be set free from the lie. May God Bless all of you, For God so loved the world, the he gave his one and only son, so that who ever believes in him will have eternal life. That son is Jesus the part of God made flesh. God is 3 parts in one. God the Father, God the Son(Jesus) and, God the Holy Spirit.

[openid.aol.com/grandpic00]

I think Obama is a Great President. He so smart I love his analogies. Let's face it 80% don't care about politics unless they mention taxes or taking something away.We count on CNN to keep us informed look who votes the numbers this presidential election was big because A bush and Republicans had to go B well it was just blacks against the whites i wanted Hilary Clintin but i Voted for Obama .I believe he says all the right things but is he selling the right product.Example MADE IN AMERICA