Look New York City IS the number one target. Cutting funding 40% with the snippy comments the Homeland Security official made to Peter King shows the mentality of some of those folks.
Peter King says they've changed their story five time in less than 2 days.
Based on all of that, he has a right to be pissed. And I'm glad he is.
Yes, the threat can be reduced but "other areas" getting "undue" monies is besides the point. The engine of the country and the focal point of New York is not leaving the radar screen of terrorists any time soon.
Again, Peter King is right to be angry. He's doing his job for the region as he's a Congressman from Long Island (about 30 miles from NYC).
Do we know that for certain? However, the terrorists may change their strategy to impact more of the U.S.
McVeigh may not have been an Arab terrorist, but he did target Oklahoma City.
And other congressmen have a right to do their job for their regions. They can't all act like this.
NYC is the biggest target b/c that's where the most harm can be done to the most people at one time. It does not lessen the security that should be afforded to others in large, but not quite as populous, cities.
The response to the next attack in NYC will be to seal off the radioactive areas from the rest of the United States. And frankly, if the NYSE wants machine gunning officers surrounding the financial district, they can pay for it themselves.