Bush administration lags in meeting goals to protect ships, airplanes, trains

Woodmonkey · 11-07-2005, 15:06

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Bush administration lags in meeting goals to protect ships, airplanes, trains

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The Bush administration has missed dozens of deadlines set by Congress after the Sept. 11 attacks for developing ways to protect airplanes, ships and railways from terrorists.

A plan to defend ships and ports from attack is six months overdue. Rules to protect air cargo from infiltration by terrorists are two months late. A study on the cost of giving anti-terrorism training to federal law enforcement officers who fly commercially was supposed to be done more than three years ago.

"The incompetence that we recently saw with FEMA's leadership appears to exist throughout the Homeland Security Department," said Mississippi Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee. "Our nation is still vulnerable."

Congress must share the blame for the department's sluggishness in protecting commerce and travel from terrorists, according to other observers.

Lawmakers piled on deadline after deadline for reports, plans and regulations while the department, created after the 2001 attacks, had to integrate 22 agencies with 170,000 workers and cope with terrorist threats and hurricanes.

‘The department just doesn't have its act together.’
— James Carafano
Heritage Foundation senior fellow

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Snowden · 11-07-2005, 17:38

Do you suppose this is one more sign of the new people being put in place because of political "pull" rather than ability? Politicians do love to do that.

Woodmonkey · 11-07-2005, 17:53

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Originally Posted by Snowden

Do you suppose this is one more sign of the new people being put in place because of political "pull" rather than ability? Politicians do love to do that.

Did you follow that link over to the General Military Discussions and see all of it?

People have always gotten positions because of political pull over ability so I don't think that is any different.

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