Schwarzenegger's aide may have denied the knowledge of the program, but the story seems to indicate that the Office of Homeland Security -- even if it was funded by the feds -- was under Schwarzenegger, not Lockyer.

Sgt Schultz defense doesn't cut it, not in the age of "trust me (not)".  His crib, his responsibility.  He sets the tone, he sets the policies.  CHP is a direct line to him I believe. So let him denounce the policy and fire the brass, or say nothing and validate it.  OF course CHP may tell their side, maybe a little story about how he was in the loop but on the basis of deniablity which is precisely the kind of thing this creep would love.  Shcrivernegger considers himself this really cool operator.

I went to a lot of those anti war protests and I have to tell you there were a lot of cameras and it always creeps me out to see them, ever since the sixties.

Anybody who tells us the Governor doesn't know what the State DHS and Highway Patrol are doing in his state is asking for us to undertake that critical suspension of disbelief that makes science fiction, international intrigue thrillers and detective stories interesting.

If he doesn't know, he's as dumb as as a fire hydrant (or GW Bush).  Unadmirable, yes.  Unintelligent, no.

Someone explain exactly why who is attending George Miller political events isn't something that Arnold wouldn't care about?  

There aren't many turnip trucks in Portland to fall off of - or many in CA either.  

In these times, when some evidence indicates wrongdoing, then it is best to assume the worst.  As the pest control folks say: If you see one cockroach in your house, then assume you have more than a thousand and maybe a million.

I had to note that Dennis Mosher registered just for this purpose -- just to argue that the buck doesn't stop with the CEO of California, and trying to pin this on a Democrat.  

And when Mr. Schwarzenegger tries to take credit for something good that happened on his watch, I have to trust that Mr. Mosher will be back, arguing that he had nothing to do with that, either, and that it's really the Democrats who should get credit for those good things as well.

No?  Not?

Incidentally, Mr. Mosher's predictably Republican "no command responsibility" talking point is also factually incorrect.  From testimony to the U.S. Senate, by the current Director of the California Office of Homeland Security:

The California Office of Homeland Security was established in the Office of the Governor by Executive Order.  The Office is charged with developing and coordinating a comprehensive state strategy that includes prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. It is responsible for coordinating homeland security activities throughout California. Under this Executive Order, all state agencies and departments are directed to cooperate with the OHS. Some of the key state partners include the Office of Emergency Services, the State Military Department, the California Department of Justice, the California Highway Patrol, Department of Health Services, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA).

The same "Ahnold" who had the street dug up so he could personally fill in the pothole? Yup. Give us a friggin break!

Mommy, make some popcorn.

Bit of a box, I'd say for AS. It is either:

a) Adolf Schrivernegger bringing to California the reprehensible practices of his Vaterland and his SS Poppa, or

b) Gov Sgt Schultznegger ("I know nothing...NOTHIHHHINK"), a carboard cutout buffoon who knows absolutley nothing about what goes on in his so-called administration because he's a stupid bodybuilder who is little more than PR representative of a cabal culled from former Republican governors.

He appears to be going for "b".

Republican schmibertarians are a dime a dozen in the blogosphere.  Witness Glenn Reynolds.  

An actual libertarian would actually be worried about the violation of civil liberties, not leaping to the defense of the Republican Governor who appointed the Director and who retains within the Governor's Office the apparatus that said Director runs.  Schwarzenegger chose the leaders of the OHS, Schwarzenegger is responsible for their programs and their accidents.

Again, "no command responsibility" is a Republican talking point, not a libertarian one.  See, e.g., Jim Henley and Arthur Silber.

And Uncle Adolf had a big influence on yours.

After all he didn't even know the SS was killing Jews.  He knew nothink, I tell you, nothink!

If AS didn't know what was going on then he is incompetent.  I actually think he did.  Agency heads in California don't freelance on anything as consequential and sensitive without a  political OK. That is in their job descriptions. This was not some lower level cop on a beat.  This concerns the mission of the depaartment.

Was Nixon ultimately responsible for watergate?  Why shucks no, you claim.  The plumbers were outsiders, hired men, consultants if you will.

So you are saying that professional time was used and paid for and work product was developed but it wasn't asked for, and the guy who didn't ask for it was just doing it for fun and he wasn't asked to produce it. Prove it.

Mr Mosher has never worked for the government, where the details of such matters, who does what when & why, are meticulously attended to.

My Mommy refers to him as O'Bama.  'cause he's so fuckin' wh... er, uh, Irish.

This has already been reported in both Farenheit 911 and Now on PBS.

If the governor didn't know about it, he's either lying or he's stupid.

Reading the comments on AS higher up, I just have to wonder if the writers are so hung over this morning that maybe the best thing they could do in the cause of rational discourse is to take a couple of aspirins with a ig glass of water and go back to bed for a few hours.

What a way to spend a sunday morning!