So we just found out that Homeland Security can not even keep their own offices secure but they are sure good at keeping an eye on Americans. Scripps Howard has a story up about a retired couple who decided to pay off some debt on their credit card. They sent in a little over six […]
The Associated Press has this little piece of scary news: WASHINGTON – The agency entrusted with protecting the U.S. homeland is having difficulty safeguarding its own headquarters, say private security guards at the complex. The guards have taken their concerns to Congress, describing inadequate training, failed security tests and slow or confused reactions to bomb […]
From Reuters: The secretive U.S. government foreign investment review process that approved an Arab company’s deal to assume management of terminals at six U.S. ports is “deeply flawed” and should be revamped, a leading lawmaker said on Sunday. Senate Homeland Security Chairman Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, said she and the panel’s top Democrat, Sen. […]
The Associated Press has now uncovered even more facts surrounding the days leading up to Katrina.  In dramatic and sometimes agonizing terms, federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, risk lives in New Orleans’ Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential […]
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was not aware a Dubai-owned company was seeking to operate terminals in six U.S. ports and that his agency was leading the review until after the deal’s approval, an administration official said yesterday. Mr. Chertoff’s spokesman, Russ Knocke, told The Washington Times the issue rose no higher than the department’s […]
WOW! The White House cited failures by the Homeland Security Department and other agencies in planning, communications and leadership in a report on Hurricane Katrina Thursday and proposed a broad reworking of how the government would respond to the next catastrophe. The 228-page report by White House homeland security adviser Frances Fragos Townsend urges changes […]
Newsweek has obtained new e-mails that Michael Brown turned over to Congress regarding Katrina. These emails show a White House in “Chaos” following the storm: Brown, now trying to restore his image, gave Congress a set of e-mails sent as the catastrophe unfolded. The e-mails, obtained by NEWSWEEK, provide the latestâ€â€Âthough still incompleteâ€â€Âpicture of senior […]
Well we get another report blasting the White House on Katrina: A chastised Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff sparred with senators of both parties on Wednesday as he acknowledged “many lapses” in his agency’s response to Hurricane Katrina. Chertoff told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs that he would do things differently […]
So Bush is back on the lead by fear campaign. This should come as no shock to anyone but the details seem to have come to a shock for L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he was blindsided by President Bush’s announcement of new details on a purported 2002 hijacking plot aimed at a downtown […]
Bush has done another large round of recess appointments. Included in the list is Julie Myers which has sparked some outrage by conservatives such asMichele Malkin. It is being coined as the latest in Bush’s cronyism. Myers has been appointed to head the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Homeland Security. Raw Story has […]