The contract signed by the new Wake Schools Superintendent Anthony Tata allows him to continue appearing as a guest analyst on FOX News as long as he is not identified by his new job title. The recently retired brigadier general’s role as a military analyst on FOX News has not strayed into areas much beyond his expertise on Afghanistan — he served as the deputy commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division and Combined/Joint Task Force-76 in Afghanistan in 2006-07 — but Tata’s writing for other conservative media outlets has covered other topics, and if continued, might prove troublesome for someone serving in a non-partisan position.

In addition to his stints on FOX News, Tata’s other commentary include penning book reviews, opining on Afghanistan policy and harshly critiquing President Obama on blogs run by conservative activist Andrew Breitbart, and participating in “America’s Next Great Pundit Contest,” held by the Washington Post.

In a review of Sarah Palin’s book Going Rogue, on Breitbart’s Big Hollywood blog, Tata criticizes Obama, questioning his ability to lead the country in comparison to Palin, who quit as governor of Alaska before her first term ended. Tata wrote, “…the recurrent thought in my mind was that this woman is far more qualified to be president of the United States than the current occupant of the White House.”

In a separate post titled, “Obama’s Iraq War Speech: Operation New Yawn” on another Breitbart blog, Tata criticized Obama’s war strategy and wrote, “If only President Obama loved the troops as much as he loved the idea of being president we may have seen some of that campaign emotion and energy.”

Tata has frequently questioned Obama’s commitment to U.S. troops. In an essay for the Post’s pundit competition, Tata commented on a speech by Obama where the president linked the nation’s economic woes to the capital spent on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tata interpreted Obama’s allusion to the expensive combat missions as disdain for those serving in the military: “He [Obama in the speech] said, ‘Unfortunately, over the last decade, we’ve not done what’s necessary to shore up the foundations of our own prosperity. We spent a trillion dollars at war…’ How can a commander in chief publicly blame our fighting men and women for his failing economic policies, and how can he not see that security is the very foundation of our prosperity?”

Breitbart, an unabashed conservative activist, has been front and center in a number of high-profile incidents in the last year. In July, Breitbart posted a video showing Department of Agriculture employee Shirley Sherrod speaking at a NAACP event, which led to her firing. It was subsequently revealed Breitbart had edited the video to take Sherrod’s comments out of context and make it appear she was making racist statements, when in fact she was condemning those kinds of comments.

Breitbart also played a key role is the downfall of North Carolina Rep. Bob Etheridge, who narrowly lost re-election this year. A video scandal involving Etheridge shot to prominence when the footage was posted by Breitbart on his Big Government website. In the incident, Etheridge grabbed and pulled a young man questioning him about his policies. The two college-age men questioning Etheridge denied being Republican operatives despite Etheridge’s repeated accusations. Republican groups at the time denied any knowledge of the two men, but after the election Republican strategists admitted they had orchestrated the event.

Tata’s participation in the “America’s Next Great Pundit Contest,” run by the Washington Post also showcases his conservative viewpoints.

In one column, Tata took Obama to task for eliminating a voucher program for private schools in D.C. “Where is the leadership by example and moral courage required to stand up to the teacher unions that strong-armed him into shutting down the popular program in his own backyard? Talk about chutzpah?” he wrote.

In another column, he weighs in a debate between two U.S. Senate candidates in Delaware, supporting Republican candidate Christine O’Donnell, who denied in the debate that the First Amendment calls for a separation of church and state. Tata made no mention of her views on the First. “When pressured by O’Donnell, Coons often bailed to the panel or moderator,” Tata wrote. “I found him, in fact, like a ducking staff officer instead of a commander. O’Donnell, for all her quirkiness, seems to be more of a firebrand leader. She has to try harder, be better, and, in the end I found her, as one of the chat session participants said, ‘…a better man than him.’”

Tata is also the author of three novels in the “Threat Series” (Sudden Threat, Rogue Threat and Hidden Threat). Racy passages sent to the North Carolina Independent News bring into question whether his own books would be allowed in the school system he will soon oversee.

From Hidden Threat, published this month:

She smacked him across the face. “I can see you want to play it rough. Is that what you want?” Again, she smacked him and then ran her hand up his thigh. “You like that?” she whispered in his ear, then bit his lobe hard.

“I do,” he said with a smile.

She guided him upstairs into Melanie’s bedroom and pushed him down on the bed. Pulling down the bustier she had snatched from her daughter’s bureau, she disrobed. She fumbled with Del’s belt buckle and then made quick work of the rest of his clothes. For thirty minutes she pleased him in every way possible.

“This gets better each time,” Dangurs said. “I liked the rough act.”

All profits from the book are donated by Tata to help wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Bethesda National Naval Medical Center.

Tata is currently on vacation with his family until after the new year, but his first days on the job seem sure to include addressing concerns that his personal views won’t interfere with his professional work.