Friday, December 30, 2005

Homeland Security: The gang that couldn't shoot straight

(Photo by "Activist artist/photographer/
filmmaker/animator John Douglas"

Homeland Security still lacks cohesion and efficiency, report says

BY JAMES GORDON MEEK (New York Daily News)

The Department of Homeland Security, the sprawling agency created to defend the country against terrorists, is a bureaucratic mess plagued by "major management challenges," a scathing internal report charged Wednesday.
"While DHS has made progress, it still has much to do to establish a cohesive, efficient and effective organization," the department's inspector general concluded.
"Major challenges - now that is an understatement," said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., who chairs the Democrats' Homeland Security Task Force. "You only need look at their response to Hurricane Katrina to see they have major challenges."

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