[woodbutcher]

You guys are like the Republican Party.

You are getting immersed in the little things.

What I believe to be the big story here is confirmation of my thoughts from immediately after 9/11.

There was never any need to create the giant money rat hole called Homeland Security.

If the FBI, the CIA and in particular the Immigration Service had been doing their job, 9/11 could not have happened.

Many INS problems were caused by lack of funding, but the bottom line is that Bush should have canned everyone he could in the three departments, promoted up into dead end desk jobs those he could not fire because of civil service laws and we would be better off.

There would have been no need for Homeland Security.

But all politicians jazz the voters with "We need to pass a law". A great way to cover their lack of performance under present law.

[Jeff Chandler]

If the FBI, the CIA and in particular the Immigration Service had been doing their job, 9/11 could not have happened ...Bush should have canned everyone he could in the three departments ... There would have been no need for Homeland Security.

You are correct. Instead of kissing up to the liberal bureaucrats, W should have kicked some ass, named names (Gorelick, Clinton, etc.), and told it like it is. He should have stood up to the Democrats, (and back-stabbing Republicans), and told the American people that a new bureaucracy was not only not necessary, but an impediment to intelligence gathering. Instead, he gave in to the demagogues and allowed the rats to escape blame, only to further subvert the terror wars.