Swiss Cheese Security Checks, They Don't Work Here Nor Do They In Syria

Apparently, Swiss cheese has less holes than the military's security checks.  If the Pentagon found 52 convicted felons getting access to bases, there is a problem.  Why are they not doing a better job?  How many others might there be?
Or they should change the rule about guns on base. Why should military personnel who are trained on the use of weapons not allowed to have them while at work in the US? That makes no sense.  Must be some sort of feel good ruling by some peace nick who believes, like our President, that the military need to be watched.
Whatever happened yesterday is a tragedy but it only points out that there are sick people in this world, like Major Hasan and yesterday's perpetrator. We never will stop them by passing any law, even one that said that all sick people had to be hospitalized!
However, this discussion brings up another thought. If we cannot adequately screen employees in this country, how does Obama presume to know who is a good guy or a bad guy in Syria? If that does not blow the whole idea of knowing with whom we are giving arms, nothing will.  We should not be arming the "rebels" or whatever they are. It is impossible to know who is al Qaida or a real freedom fighter.
Obama is wrong again and the events at the Navy Yard prove it, sadly.
Conservative Tom

GOP Rep.: Security holes at Navy Yard predated sequester

By Jonathan Easley - 09/17/13 05:39 PM ET

  

Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio), a senior Rep. Turner member of the House Armed Services Committee, said Tuesday that the sequester was not to blame for the Navy Yard shooter gaining access to the base.

“This predates sequestration,” Turner said on CNN’s The Lead. “I think sequestration has become sort of a buzz word for budgetary constraints.”

A Pentagon inspector general report released Tuesday found that 52 convicted felons had received regular, unauthorized access to various military facilities, and in part blamed cost-cutting measures for the Navy’s failure to properly vet contractors.

On Monday, Washington Mayor Vincent Gray speculated that former military contractor Aaron Alexis, whose rampage killed 12 and wounded several others on Monday, slipped through the Navy’s background checks process because of the sequester.

Alexis suffered from mental problems and had a record of arrests, but the Navy reservist was still granted access to the Navy Yard.

However, some in Congress have pointed out that the Navy has also been grappling with budgetary cutbacks that stemmed from the 2011 Budget Control Act, which slashed $487 billion from the Pentagon’s budget.

“Again, the IG in their report have the Navy specifically talking about budgetary constraints for their new processes, and the IG raises the issue of how does the Navy look at the issue of balance both security risks and budgetary constraints,” Turner continued.

“But I think this really does go to the heart of what we’re trying to do in the Department of Defense, finding smart ways to do things, but at the same time, lower risks. Security is really not an area that should at all suffer as we look at the way cuts might be able to be found.”

The across-the-board sequestration cuts reduced the military’s 2013 budget by $37 billion.