CLAIM: "I think that having a Homeland Security Department that can bring together the FAA and the INS and Customs and all of the various agencies is a very important step." [responding to Hamilton] FACT: The White House vehemently opposed the creation of the Department of Homeland security. Its opposition to the concept delayed the creation of the department by months.
Like here's a whopper from this "piece".
FACT: (read it and weep as you're exposed as lying)
Preparing for The Next Pearl Harbor Attack (JUNE 2001, Bush team addressing terrorism threat)
Excerpt:
The Bush administration has seized the problem aggressively with a range of initiatives to have a working system in place to defend the country against attacks on its critical infrastructure. Pentagon insiders tell Insight that Rumsfeld's reviews pay close attention to homeland defense and that the administration is weighing creation of a special office for that purpose.
"CLAIM: "I think that having a Homeland Security Department that can bring together the FAA and the INS and Customs and all of the various agencies is a very important step." [responding to Hamilton]
FACT: The White House vehemently opposed the creation of the Department of Homeland security. Its opposition to the concept delayed the creation of the department by months."
This is partially true, but clearly distorted for their own purpose. President Bush initially opposed the creation of the department, but embraced it after it's passage through Congress seemed inevitable. I think he had a lot of initial concerns which were not being addressed.