[who_would_fardels_bear]

Much of the failure of the Bush administration to respond quickly to Katrina was because FEMA had just been put under the DHS and was retraining for terrorist acts rather than their key assignment of natural disasters.

Putting Secret Service under DHS seems to have led to similar lapses in competence and judgment.

[qaz123]

And remember, post 9/11, when DHS was formed it was supposed to be an administrative entity, where representatives from all the 3-letter agencies would deconflict concurrent investigations. And develop a protocol to continue the investigations.

Prevent agencies from withholding information