[Doogle]

AP hit piece, nothing more nothing less

[MNJohnnie]

Of course the fact that Honeywell is based in Sabo's district and will get big fat Govt Checks to do this "research" has NOTHING to do with this right Asso Propaganda?

[Mo1]

BS

[Real Cynic No More]

Congressional leaders rejected the idea...

This may be a hit piece on Bush, but it should turn out to be positive for the Republican Congressional leadership. They're the ones running for office this year, not Bush, since he can't run again. So, I fail to see the real problem.

[gridlock]

Too bad Tom Daschle is no longer in the Senate. I hear he has the inside track on bomb-detection hardware for airlines.

[Jameison]

" It asked to take $6 million from Homeland S&T's 2006 budget that was supposed to be used to develop explosives detection technology and instead divert it to cover a budget shortfall in the Federal Protective Service, which provides security around government buildings. "

That is bad how?
We need bomb detection so therefore we should leave open our federal buildings without security protection?
In government, as in life, we always have to make compromises on our expenditure.

[Argus]

Wasn't it congress, and especially Democrats, who demanded that we create this huge new bureaucratic layer called the Dept of Homeland Security, in the first place? And now they complain that it's inefficient.

If we offered a hundred million dollar prize to the first private company to come up with a foolproof way to detect explosive substances at airports, we'd have the solution in a couple of weeks.

[ritewingwarrior]

"the department failed to spend $200 million in research and development money from past years, forcing lawmakers to rescind the money this summer."

And they are complaining about $6million? What am i missing here other than the 'Bush tried to secretly divert'. If he was consulting Congress then it wasn't much of a secret. Im ashamed that Republicans don't stand up and say what a farce this is.

[airborne]

Bush administration was quietly seeking permission to divert $6 million that was supposed to be spent this year developing new homeland explosives detection technology.

Homeland Security is spending a total of $732 million this year on various explosives deterrents

$6 million out of $732 million doesn't seem like such a big deal.

Especially if it was diverted to something equally important.

[browardchad]

Homeland Security's research arm, called the Sciences & Technology Directorate, is a "rudderless ship without a clear way to get back on course," Republican and Democratic senators on the Appropriations Committee declared recently.

Yes, and we all know how technologically-savvy Congress critters are. Oink!

A 2002 Homeland report recommended "immediate deployment" of the trace units to key European airports, highlighting their low cost, $40,000 per unit, and their detection capabilities.

Color me stupid, but why is it our responsibility to donate detection machines to foreign airports? Foreign countries have no interest in having their planes blown up and their tourism industry destroyed?

[detroitdarien]

Homeland Security's research arm, called the Sciences & Technology Directorate, is a "rudderless ship without a clear way to get back on course," Republican and Democratic senators on the Appropriations Committee declared recently.

This much I have direct experience with. Our group presented a proposal for a very cheap way to detect the kind of radiation associated with nukes.. it was a bureaucratic swamp just trying to get the proposal to the first stage of acknowlegement.

It was apparent that the people at the levels we were dealing with had no commitment to securing the homeland - it was just the epitome of a sprawling government bureaucracy. I was really disappointed, and three years later, our shipping containers still aren't inspected, our port security is handled by the terrorists' money launderers in Dubai, and even airport security is still vulnerable - as demonstrated this week.

[new yorker 77]

I is a biased and misleading news item by the detestable AP.

Bottom line: The terrorist plot was stopped and future plots will need to be stopped.

A douche in Rat party gave this misleading info to the press to try to make Bush look bad.

Nice try.

They failed.

[new yorker 77]

Looks like the AP ran out of dead U.S. troops to celebrate.

The LIBS tried to make the argument that Bush was not in favor of the Homeland Security Department in 2004.

They failed.

If this is the best they can come up with, they are pathetic as usual.

I think the public would rather have funds spent detecting and capturing and killing the enemy before they get the bomb to the plane.

These morons are clueless and can not overcome the totality of this event which has crushed LIB fantasy.