How Joe Lieberman failed us on National Security

[MissWaverly]

Remember, this is Homeland Security - the organization that's supposed to be countering terrorism. Somehow, attiring a couple thousand Poodles in designer booties doesn't seem to fit that objective. Having widespread theft in the organization doesn't, either. (The dishonest hacks running DHS will say that it's just a few bad apples. But the fact is that they don't have any idea how many, and the fact is that it's their sloppy management that is allowing it to happen.)

In summary, congress uncovered outright theft - not on a small scale, but widespread institutionalized stealing on the part of government employees. The two empty suits who initiated the investigation - Senator Lieberman (D-CT) and Senator Collins (R-ME) scowled and made well-crafted comments on their outrage. But neither of these clowns - nor anyone else in congress - made a peep about finding the thieves and prosecuting them.

http://www.aviationplanning.com/asrc11.htm

[bleever]

1. The sheer power of their outrage

didn't count for squat.

Nothing is gonna happen in this nation til there's real oversight, when Dems get at least one house of Congress, and that will never happen with the "go along to get along" approach that Joe thinks is so valuable to having civility and bipartisanship in Washington.


Great post, MissW.

[MissWaverly]

2. I can't believe that he's bashing Lamont

when he let Homeland Security become another giveaway to all cronies, our money wasted on
dog booties, that could have gone to secure the homeland, this whole administration has
been like animal house does the presidency, Thanks, bleever, I can't tell you how much I
enjoyed your posts after the 2004 fiasco, I used to read them every night before bed.

:-)

[bleever]

4. National Security, for Joe, is the status quo, per Bushco.

Me no likey.

If I'm supposed to feel safer, how come I'm always being told to be afraid?

[MissWaverly]

5. safer with 22,000 designer dog booties

not to mention the FEMA boats that sailed away to new owners, this is just one big cash cow
to be milked

[MissWaverly]

3. here's what they found in the investigation

Investigators also noted that Customs and Border Protection wasted up to $464,586 by buying meals-ready-to-eat over the Internet instead of contracting through the Pentagon, as is standard procedure. And they found that the Federal Emergency Management Agency cannot locate 107 laptops, 22 printers and two GPS units worth $170,000. FEMA also cannot find 12 of 20 boats the agency bought for $208,000.

The senators who ordered the investigation — Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Joe Lieberman, D-Conn. — described Homeland Security as negligent in controlling the shopaholics in its ranks. The two lead the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Homeland Security "left the door wide open for these abuses," Collins said.
Added Lieberman: "That is hard to believe

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/content/2006/07/dhs_employees_living_large_at.html

[skeeters2525]

6. I Heard

I heard Lieberman was the 21st kidnapper.

Dear DU,


Could you rename this board the Lieberman chatroom.

[FrenchieCat]

7. Agreed that Lieberman has done an inadequate job at keeping

us safe on so many levels including his current stint on Homeland security!

Joe Lieberman is a National Security Poseur!

[MissWaverly]

8. this only re-enforces my idea that 9-11 was an inside job

Do you really think they would have squandered money on beer machines or 22,000 designer
booties for dogs if 9-11 had been real.

[FrenchieCat]

9. Whether let it or made it happen .....I don't know, however, whichever

it was (and I could go with both theories)....they certainly knew way, way more than they ever "revealed"!

Why they ain't fixed it yet? Wish I knew!

[MissWaverly]

10. agree

that's one of the reasons that I am unlikely to give my support to a senator for president,
the dems had clout before the 02 and 04 elections and they squandered it.