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2008-07-17 Home Front: WoT

House Homeland Security Committee's staff said to be in turmoil

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Posted by lotp 2008-07-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I think that much of Homeland Security is going to dissolve with the departure of President Bush, in that for all practical purposes it is redundant, ineffectual and annoying. Its very name has always grated, and its job performance, as such, was not good.

What little it has to show in success is due to the integration of preexisting agencies merged with it. Most likely it will become just an administrative headquarters, an extra tier bureaucracy over the other bureaucracies.

Or, as these things are sometimes called, "a dead raccoon under the porch."

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-07-17 09:49|| 2008-07-17 09:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Anonymoose, if only!

Once you establish a another bureaucracy or agency in DC, you play hell getting rid of it. Look at the Dept. of Education. Reagan even ran for President on getting rid of it as one of his first acts. Same with HUD and HHS. They only get stronger. The chairman of the oversight committee and the appropriations committee that Homeland Security comes under will never give up that power. And don't be surprised that I. Lanier Avant gets a security clearance even if his brother is an AQ associate or his girlfriend is Hizbollah.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-07-17 16:48|| 2008-07-17 16:48|| Front Page Top

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