If I were Rahm Emmanuel I'd be starting all over with the vetting process, asking the hard questions and trying to identify the ticking time bombs before others do. Then the iffy people turned up would quietly offer their resignations and slip away into the night before they made trouble for the boss in the Oval Office.
I'd also be asking how the original vetting process went so wrong, and who was responsible for making POTUS look bad. My guess: the problem isn't in the Hoover Building but in the White House.
I suspect the FBI reported issues about candidates and the White House ignored those issues because they believe the FBI to be paranoid McCarthyites. If the White House tries to blame the FBI, I bet the original findings are leaked to the press.
The situation only gets worse for TeamObama.
What the New Media needs to focus on next is this:
who screwed up and who is covering up.
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