Former Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, says that a pause in allowing Syrian refugees into the country is "appropriate" because we have no way to adequately vet them. The Hill: “Particularly from certain parts of the world, I’m just not sure that we’ve got the background information — they talk about screening, they talk about being able to review everybody in a timely way, and it may take a year or two,” Tom Ridge told John Catsimatidis on “The Cats Roundtable” on New York’s AM-970 on Sunday.  “I’m just not confident that they’ve got sufficient information from law enforcement, the intelligence community to do effective screening,” he added.  “So, a pause for refugees from that part of the world is very appropriate at this time.” Ridge said the refugee crisis is the result of the global community’s “failure” to deal...(Read Full Post)