On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:19:15 -0400, "Kyle Boatright"
wrote in
:


Is this as more "We've gotta do sumpthin', just to say we are addressing the
issue." ?

Unfortunately, DHS has failed to address the issues of examining goods
entering our nation's sea ports nor the cargo carried in passenger
carrying airliners, which would be considerably more useful. But they
did manage to spend $462,000 on an awards ceremony:

http://www.motherjones.com/news/outf...lark_kent.html
At Homeland Security, Ervin’s team of 459 auditors and
investigators uncovered not just security lapses, but extensive
waste. By the time Ervin arrived, the Department of Transportation
had already uncovered one massive cost overrun: A $100 million
contract granted to hire new airline screeners had ballooned to
more than $600 million. Ervin’s subsequent reports revealed that
Boeing Company had received at least $49 million in extra profits
for a contract to do nothing more than oversee other contracts.
And executives at the cash-strapped TSA awarded themselves $1.5
million in year-end bonuses in 2003, and then spent another
$462,000 on an awards ceremony for departmental brass, including
nearly $2,000 for seven sheet cakes and $1,500 for three cheese
displays.