TERRORISTS? NAH…HOMELAND SECURITY IS HELPING COMMUNITIES PROTECT FROM THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: JAMES GORDON
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2771651/So-terrorists-Homeland-Security-helping-protect-communities-effects-climate-change.html#ixzz3FGR3ecAr
They’re tasked with protecting the United States from terrorists and keeping America’s biggest cities safe, but Homeland Security’s brief appears to be widening to include more global issues like climate change.
The department that was created by President Bush in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks says that the role of the organization is ‘to assist in the wake of disasters, whether they be man-made or natural’.
However, claims of ‘mission-creep’ are now being hurled at the department which is attempting to redefine its role as one of emergency management than of protection and security against enemies of the state.
Throughout it’s 13 year existence, there has been persistent criticisms the department is wasteful, ineffective and has been far from transparent in how the agency is run, and how money is spent on a day-to-day basis.
In fact, claims of bureaucracy seems well-founded as the departments expanded role verges onto that of its partner agency, FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
It is exceptionally murky how the tasks of ’emergency management’ are to be divided between the two government departments.
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