Make sure not to miss The Washington Post's (hopefully ongoing) series exposing the backdrop behind the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Appearing yesterday and today on the front page above the fold, Michael Grunwald and Susan Glasser chronicle the 'doomed from the beginning' process that occured in the basement of the White House to create this oversized ineffective unfocused mammoth. Those of you who know me personally know my strong feelings on the matter... and now, thanks to some fantastic reporting, I hope you've realized that my opposition to DHS's war on FEMA has merit. Unfortunately, most Americans have no idea that DHS really does very little at this point to make them 'safer'. Our government is now so embroiled in the "DHS mindset" that there's hardly any chance of going back. And the only viable option to fix what this administration has broken-beyond-repair is to whitewash the entire Washington power structure in 2008, disband DHS, and restore the independant missions and orginal focuses of FEMA and the 22 Federal Agencies that were merged into this collossal beaurocratic mistake. Check it out.
Part I: Department's Mission Was Undermined From Start
Part II: Brown's Turf Wars Sapped FEMA's Strength
[update: ouch... Someone needs to tell the Bush Administration that "marketing" is a complement to actually doing the work, not a substitute for it. Launching the DHS "brand"]
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