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That's the way it was before 911; before the Department of Homeland Security. After 911, there was a clusterfuck of confusion about who knew what because Custo
by dhimes 13y ago
That's the way it was before 911; before the Department of Homeland Security. After 911, there was a clusterfuck of confusion about who knew what because Customs didn't want to talk to the TSA who didn't want to talk to the Secret Service who didn't want to talk to.... Or that was what we were told.
In part to alleviate this symptom, the responsibilities for 22 departments were thrown together under the DHS. So, at least the administration running things at the time thought they saw evidence that it was needed.
- angersock 13y agoSo, there's no evidence, is what you're telling me, other than the presumed wisdom of those bozos.
- dhimes 13y agoThat is indeed what I was saying- save for the fact there might be some evidence that requires special privilege to access, or might exist in the observations of some of those who were involved.
- jessaustin 13y ago...at least the administration running things at the time thought... IIRC, Bush2 was initially against the formation of the DHS. After a week of everyone in Congress asking why he didn't care about teh Children, and also why was he so against spending in their districts, he caved. Incidentally, I don't assume that Bush2 was against DHS because of the sound organizational principle that the best way to make a group of poorly performing orgs worse is to pack them all together under an additional management layer. He might well not have cared at all, so he could use the opportunity to extract concessions from other politicians.