Despite spending billions of dollars to defend against everything from
dirty bombs to anthrax, the administration has not delivered a
coherent long-term strategy to underpin its rhetoric, said Albert H.
Teich, director of science and policy programs at the American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
From The Washington Post, 8/20/06:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/19/AR2006081900846.html
DHS Terror Research Agency Struggling
Science and Technology Unit Crippled by Turnover, Budget Cuts,
Priority Shifts
By Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 20, 2006; Page A08
The federal research agency in charge of countering emerging terrorist
threats such as liquid explosives is so hobbled by poor leadership,
weak financial management and inadequate technology that Congress is
on the verge of cutting its budget in half.
The Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology Directorate
has struggled with turnover, reorganizations and raids on its budget
since it was established in 2003, according to independent scientists,
department officials and senior members of Congress.
At the same time, the Bush administration's overriding focus on
nuclear and biological threats has delayed research on weapons aimed
at aviation, a controversial choice that was questioned anew after a
plot to blow up U.S.-bound airliners from London was made public Aug.
10.
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More taxpayer billions pissed down the toilet by inept Republicans.
Harry
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