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DogPoundPup (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-20-08 12:40 AM
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Report criticizes Homeland Security
Source: USA Today

WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department has done a poor job overseeing the purchase of billions of dollars of equipment and technology since the agency was created five years ago, according to a federal report scheduled for release today.

Senior department officials have "not provided the oversight needed" to ensure that purchases "with important national security objectives" function properly and stay on budget, according to Congress' Government Accountability Office (GAO).

The GAO report is the latest to raise questions about the Homeland Security Department, which Congress has criticized for gaps in aviation security, a faltering response to Hurricane Katrina and slow progress in securing land borders.

The new report levels criticism at a complex process Homeland Security has used to beef up the nation's defenses by purchasing security equipment, including machines that scan suitcases for bombs.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-11-19-spen...
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   One word: Disband.  Arctic Dave   Nov-20-08 12:48 AM   #1 
   But, what would Lieberman be the chair of  jaysunb   Nov-20-08 01:31 AM   #2 
   Yes, Disband... but from the looks of it  ixion   Nov-20-08 07:50 AM   #4 
   I could do more with bomb-sniffing dogs  KakistocracyHater   Nov-20-08 01:31 AM   #3 
 
Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-20-08 12:48 AM
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1. One word: Disband.
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jaysunb Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-20-08 01:31 AM
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2. But, what would Lieberman be the chair of
if they disbanded DHS ? :shrug:

Getting the picture ?????
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-20-08 07:50 AM
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4. Yes, Disband... but from the looks of it
we're not going to get the "change we deserve", as it were.
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-20-08 01:31 AM
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3. I could do more with bomb-sniffing dogs
than what they've done & add a new (911) type of phone # that ALL agencies have access to & emphasize that each Dept: fbi, local police, etc. are all part of a TEAM. Even tv shows the hostility & other crap that keeps them from talking to each other.
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