The 'National Homeland Security Agency' was conceived by the Hart-Rudman Commission, the results of which were released in January of 2001. http://en.wikipedia

The 'National Homeland Security Agency' was conceived by the Hart-Rudman Commission, the results of which were released in January of 2001. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Commission_on_National_Security/21st_Century http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Commission_on_National_Secur... Shortly thereafter G.W.Bush started pushing for the National Guard to become "more involved in homeland security." http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yctFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ys8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=6695,2422116&dq=homeland+security&hl=en http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yctFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y... Several months later 9/11 happened.