[wbill]

does it appear that most agencies who were placed under the Dept. of Homeland Security

My Dad predicted that creation of the 'Department' would take a bunch of smaller agencies that were actually fairly effective and efficient and turn them into a bumbling bureaucracy.

I should listen to my Dad more often.

[seasoned traditionalist]

"My Dad predicted that creation of the 'Department' would take a bunch of smaller agencies that were actually fairly effective and efficient and turn them into a bumbling bureaucracy.

Sound like your Dad is my kind of guy and someone who's been around long enough to see Guvmint for what it really is: Wasteful, Fraudulent, Inefficient, and completely, Ineffective.