Well, We Know There Are Some People Janet Napolitano Won't Target

In the world Janet Napolitano lives in, basically anyone opposed to the Obama administration is fair game for scrutiny by the Department of Homeland Security.

Apparently, though, certain people can get away with anything.

The BATF and U.S. Attorney Janet Napolitano may have overlooked the weaknesses in the case against the Vipers because both were eager for some good press. Napolitano, a Clinton appointee, last January 1996 declined to seek search warrants requested by U.S. postal inspectors who were finishing a two-year child pornography sting operation. The inspectors, who had received 106 warrants with the help of other federal officials during the investigation, were surprised. They turned to Maricopa County officials, who obtained the warrants and made the arrests. A search of the prime Phoenix suspect's house yielded numerous photos and videotapes of children having sex with men, plus a confession that the suspect had sodomized numerous boys. The case became a public issue in May when a postal inspector appeared on ABC's 20/20 with a letter from Napolitano stating that she had refused to take the child pornography case because it unfairly targeted homosexual men. Perhaps she was right, but the case has generated local criticism and a Senate investigation.

So let me get this straight. Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan might pose some vague threat, but an admitted child molestor can't be targeted because he's gay?

And the people of Arizona actually elected this freakazoid?

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