{"id":7069,"date":"2006-04-06T11:11:07","date_gmt":"2006-04-06T15:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=7069"},"modified":"2006-04-06T11:11:07","modified_gmt":"2006-04-06T15:11:07","slug":"congress-will-finally-demand-answers-from-dhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/congress-will-finally-demand-answers-from-dhs\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress will finally demand answers from DHS"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Department of [tag]Homeland Security[\/tag] has been slowly imploding for months. There have been high-profile disasters such as DHS’s handling of Hurricane Katrina, but there have been a series of lesser fiascos, including the department’s inability to secure its own headquarters<\/a>, its inability to set up a list serve<\/a>, and a Washington Post series<\/a> explaining in alarming detail how the agency has been beset by almost every bureaucratic problem imaginable.<\/p>\n

What’s more, [tag]DHS[\/tag] pledged to create a list of chemical plants, bridges, skyscrapers and other potential terrorist targets, and the department is over a year late<\/a> in delivering. The agency also said it would install monitors to screen for radiation material entering the country at borders, seaports, and airports; create an efficient network to share alerts with state, local and private industry officials; and install surveillance cameras at all high-risk chemical plants. None of this has happened. House Democrats released a report<\/a> recently highlighted the fact that DHS set 33 clear goals for itself — and failed to meet all of them. All of this a) ugly; and b) reinforcing the belief that the Bush administration is dangerously incompetent.<\/p>\n

Finally, after this week’s news about two<\/i> top DHS officials getting<\/a> [tag]arrested[\/tag]<\/a> on sex-related crimes, [tag]Congress[\/tag] has just about had it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The [tag]House[\/tag] Homeland Security Committee will [tag]investigate[\/tag] Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hiring policies after a senior department official was arrested on charges that he used the Internet to seduce an undercover officer who he thought was a 14-year-old girl.<\/p>\n

Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), the chairman of the committee, put Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) in charge of the investigation. Rogers is the chairman of the Subcommittee on Management, Integration and Oversight.<\/p>\n

“The arrest of DHS Deputy Press Secretary Brian J. Doyle raises serious concerns about the department’s hiring policies and, more important, its security-clearance practices,” King said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It does indeed. I was wondering what it would take to get Congress’ attention; apparently child pornography charges were too serious to overlook.<\/p>\n

The first House Homeland Security Committee hearing is scheduled for May 18<\/a>, not a moment too soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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