Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has some sound words for his boss, the current president of the United States, and for the president-elect. We hope they’ll both heed them.
For Barack Obama, he said, in essence, the president needs to stop casting blame for potential Russian hacking into the Democratic Party and its operatives, and to look at himself and those around him.
“Well, ultimately it’s all of us,” Johnson told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow. “The president ultimately has responsibility. The Department of Homeland Security has responsibility. The IC [Intelligence Community], of course, it’s on all of us, certainly those of us in the Cabinet. The public has a role in this as well. But there are definitely some lessons learned here and for the future.”
Obama, at times, has blamed Donald Trump, the media, the Republican Party and the public in the matter.
Even Johnson did a little blame-casting in suggesting the blaming should be directed inward. He said his department announced the likelihood of Russian hacking on Oct. 7, the day the news broke – and brought forth a salivating media – of a 15-year-old tape of Trump’s inelegant remarks to an “Access Hollywood” reporter.