Basic Gonzales Incompetence.

Don't forget about the Bernie Kerik debacle.

"So if stated plainly, the White House line is: Alberto Gonzales looked at a man with known and thick mob ties, and decided he would be an appropriate man to head up domestic security. Alberto Gonzales looked at a man with a record of abusing power, and decided he should be in charge of a $40 billion budget. Alberto Gonzales thought that a man who catastrophically blew our attempt to build an Iraqi police force, then left after 3 months, should oversee our nation's long-term security upgrades. And that's without even getting into workplace harrassment, unethical affairs, and miscellaneous graft."