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Perhaps my understanding of the USCG is underinformed then, I was under the impression that they were moved from the command of the Marines into DHS years ago.
by homosaur 14y ago
Perhaps my understanding of the USCG is underinformed then, I was under the impression that they were moved from the command of the Marines into DHS years ago. Are they simply an independent police organization then?
- tptacek 14y agoYes, more or less. Remember: DHS exists because after 9/11, politicians got a bug up their ass about how many different federal agencies there were with missions that involved interior security, and decided there should be one cabinet-level authority managing all of those functions. It was not a well-thought-out thing; it is literally a meatball of different security, law enforcement, safety, military, and even scientific agencies. Which makes it an odd subject for directed contempt.
- homosaur 14y agoMakes that they did that instead of addressing the actual security issue of 9/11 which was lack of intelligence sharing between FBI/CIA/etc I guess. Or maybe that's what the de facto merger of military and CIA is supposed to accomplish.
- tptacek 14y agoIntelligence sharing was indeed one of the key reasons they thought it would be smart to make the DHS meatball.
- yukoncornelius 14y agoNot even close the USCG was under the Dept of Transportation not the Marines before being merged into DHS in 2002. Also, in time of war the Navy can annex the USCG.