You wrote:

<<There has been a problem so far with the present admin., and what it has allowed or presssured LE to do in respect to vetting posssible Muslim terrorists. Fort Hood being an example.>>

What is the problem exactly? Nidal Malik Hasan was born, raised, educated and worked in the United States. Ivan A. Lopez-Lopez was from Puerto Rico and an Iraq War vet.

The Department of Homeland Security has a budget of $41.2 billion a YEAR. Presumably the various agencies under their mandate are vigorously engaged in anti-terrorism. Any administration would support such efforts. No, wait, I take that back. When Bush assumed office his administration dialed back anti-terrorist missions. Until 911.

Pat Perriello didn't specify "a very liberal immigration policy." He rightly reminded Catholics that the Judeo-Christian tradition demands solicitude toward the stranger and the dispossessed.