A fight in Congress threatened to shut down the Department of Homeland Security. What would we do without the brave men and women of the TSA?
HomeSec, We Hardly Knew Ye
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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Has the DHS ever come up with an accurate count for the number of “shadowy” agencies that comprise the American “intelligence community”?
Falco, I haven’t a clue as to what the US Department of Homeland (In)Security has had to say – if anything at all – on this matter, but you might find the Washington Post investigation «Top Secret America» (http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/), and in particular, the lengthy article by Dana Priest And William Arkin, A hidden world, growing beyond control (http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/a-hidden-world-growing-beyond-control/), of interest….
Henri
Update : Not to worry, Ted, the latest reports indicate that the US House of Representatives came through in its task of protecting the residents of your country : http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/04/us/house-homeland-security.html….
O frabjous day ! Callooh ! Callay !
Henri