Homeland security - or lack thereof
----------------It's been over three years since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 (and 11 years since the first Al Qaeda terror attack on US soil in 1993). George Bush claims he and his administration are doing what it takes to reform the agencies responsible for national, I mean vaterland, I mean homeland security. Has he really? Has anything changed at all?
This week's Minneapolis City Pages (a Village Voice property) ran a group of articles about FBI whistleblowers that reveal how little has changed in the FBI, the main law enforcement agency responsible for investigating terrorist activity on US soil.
Special Agent Jane Turner vs. The FBI
Fred Whitehurst, Whistleblower #1
Senate FBI Watchdog Chuck Grassley on Jane Turner and the Bureau
FBI Whistleblowers: A Short List
More from Sibel Edmonds
But we're supposed to feel safer because Saddam Hussein is no longer in power in Iraq. Yeah, sure.
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