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"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was a panicked reaction to the Sept. 11 attacks." The Hart-Rudman Commission recommended the creation of a National H
by shill 13y ago
"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was a panicked reaction to the Sept. 11 attacks."
The Hart-Rudman Commission recommended the creation of a National Homeland Security Agency in January of 2001.
9/11 panic was just the grease to ram a massive new bureaucracy through a congress controlled by the party of 'limited government'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Commission_on_National_Security/21st_Century#Recommendations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Commission_on_National_Sec...
- homosaur 13y agoYes, thank you. Everything post-9/11 was already on the table including DHS and the invasion of Iraq. 9/11 was for the Bush administration the simply a huge amount of grease on that wheel.
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- jivatmanx 13y agoYes, In fact, warantless wiretapping actually began 7 months before 9/11 http://digitaljournal.com/article/352455 http://digitaljournal.com/article/352455
- tsotha 13y agoBush didn't want to create the DHS. He was forced to by the "something must be done" crowd.
- homosaur 13y agoBush didn't want to wipe his butt without permission. That's what happens when you elect a weak leader with no experience and it's at the root of what's happening now with Obama. These guys were and are over their heads. It took Bush 6 years to grow a pair and actually stand up to Cheney. In a vacuum of leadership, stronger personalities dominate. Say what you will about that horrible troll monster, Cheney does not want for personality.
- tsotha 13y agoBush wasn't a weak leader. But he was a politician, and the people were demanding Something Be Done. I think he decided it doesn't matter that much whether or not yet another agency is created.
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- dredmorbius 13y agoThe fact that the department was considered previously doesn't make its instantiation a panicked act. There are lots of contingencies and scenarios which are modeled and proposed in government. Only a small fraction are accepted.
- charonn0 13y agoFor example, the planned US invasion of Canada[1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Plan_Red https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Plan_Red
- tsotha 13y agoSomeday we'll have all that bacon for ourselves. Muahahahaha!
- dredmorbius 13y agoEdit: Doesn't make its instantiation NOT a panicked act. That is: even though DHS was considered in advance, it, the so-called PATRIOT Act, and the ill-fated war on Iraq, and numerous other errors were rammed through Congress.
- mayneack 13y agoIn fact, many interest groups and other NGOs make said plans in advance so that they can mobilize during a controversy instead of having to throw together a several hundred page document before people get bored.