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>It was formed after 9/11 to make sure knives and explosives didn't get on planes. That is the TSA. DHS was formed as a major reorganization of existing gover
by butlerm 4y ago
>It was formed after 9/11 to make sure knives and explosives didn't get on planes.
That is the TSA. DHS was formed as a major reorganization of existing government agencies dealing with immigration, customs, border patrol, and many other functions, including the new TSA.
https://www.dhs.gov/operational-and-support-components https://www.dhs.gov/operational-and-support-components
- mbg721 4y agoThe DHS was billed as a solution to the problem of the FBI, CIA, and other organizations not communicating with each other. The scope creep had already started happening decades before; this just made it more efficient.
- butlerm 4y agoTrue. However DHS is largely composed of relatively essential government functions that go far beyond the remit of the terrorism preventers. Customs, Coast Guard, Border Patrol, Immigration, ...