You are better informed on the details as am I. I would love to put some individual names on this debacle on the part of Congress. I only wish it were possible to hold Congress responsible for the mess as badly as they want to hold BP responsible for the oil well blowout. Hearings, I want hearings, and perp walks, and forfeited pensions. And I am as likely to see that as see Santa Claus.
The American voters have for years chosen their Santa Claus, but in the past they have insisted that national security be maintained even as it was compromised. They never learn.
Sad, but true. There is never a shortage of "villains" for the Congress and politicians to point the finger at - even those who played by the very rules set up by the Congress or government agencies.