Faux-Newz headline "DHS FAILING TO KEEP US SAFE?"

[tod evans]

Safe?

Federal police forces are the very last thing that going to keep this country "safe".

Fire the lot of 'em and publicly flog every politician involved in developing and supporting the concept of a national police force.



Department's role needs refocusing

Oversight report finds major problems with DHS

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...ds-major-problems-with-dhs/?intcmp=latestnews

U.S. Senator Tom Coburn released his final oversight report on the Department of Homeland Security, which has found major problems in the branch.

The report finds that Homeland Security is not successfully executing any of its five main missions.

“Ten years of oversight of the Department of Homeland Security finds that the Department still has a lot of work to do to strengthen our nation’s security,” Coburn explained. “Congress needs to review the Department’s mission and programs and refocus DHS on national priorities where DHS has a lead responsibility.”

Homeland Security spent $50 billion over the past 11 years on counterterrorism programs, but the Department cannot demonstrate if the nation is more secure as a result.

Coburn also found that 700 miles of the nation’s southern border remain unsecured. The DHS is not effectively administering or enforcing the nation’s immigration laws, while only 3 in 100 illegal immigrants will ever face deportation.

The report also found that the DHS spends more than $700 million annually to lead the federal government’s efforts on cybersecurity, but struggles to protect itself, federal and civilian networks from the most serious cyberattacks.

The Department has spent $170 billion for natural disasters since 2002 because of an increased federal role in which the costs of small storms are declared “major disasters.”

Even with the grim findings, Coburn expressed optimism about the Department’s future if Congress acts swiftly to address the problems in the report.

“I am confident that Secretary Jeh Johnson is leading the Department in the right direction,” Coburn commented. “One of the biggest challenges that Sec. Johnson and DHS face is Congress and its dysfunctional approach to setting priorities for the Department. Congress needs to work with the Department to refocus its missions on national priorities and give Secretary Johnson the authority to lead and fix the Department.”

Coburn served his final day as senator. He thanked his fellow members of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Homeland Security spent $50 billion over the past 11 years on counterterrorism programs, but the Department cannot demonstrate if the nation is more secure as a result.

The report also found that the DHS spends more than $700 million annually to lead the federal government’s efforts on cybersecurity, but struggles to protect itself, federal and civilian networks from the most serious cyberattacks.

The Department has spent $170 billion for natural disasters since 2002 because of an increased federal role in which the costs of small storms are declared “major disasters.”

What has making "the nation ... more secure" or protecting "itself, federal and civilian networks from ... cyberattacks" got to do with anything?
Let's go to the numbers ... $50 billion/11 years ... $700 million annually ... $170 billion since 2002 ... sounds like "Mission Accomplished" to me ...

 

[acptulsa]

I've been saying it for nearly a decade now. If you have fourteen agencies all doing the same thing, and they're all so busy having internecine rivalries to work together and get the job done, you don't create a fifteenth agency tasked with making them play nice together. You peel thirteen layers off that damned onion and see what the remainder smells like.

Too logical...?

 

[Natural Citizen]

Lots of relevant reading here... http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...s-of-BRICS-Summit-Declaration&highlight=brics

Also, maybe perform a forum search for "international finance clearing" for a larger, more detailed, return of relevance. Several nations have merged or created partnerships particular to their respective space programs and satellite/information technology during a time when they're also restructuring domestic and international models for financial clearing that will be independent of western influence and the dollar in whole. As well, recall that the bulk of recent intelligence spying was directed toward these nations and their financial clearing.

While we've been busy sharing memes with monkeys shooting out of our asses, the rest of the world is doing some rather interesting things and, as we've mentioned, what we're seeing here from legacy media and Coburn is just predictable. Hegelian...