We’re currently spending $87 billion rebuilding Iraq (with more to come). Did you know that of $75 million Congress recently allocated for a cargo inspection program, the administration only spent $58 million? And when Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge was asked about it, he floated the idea of simply privatizing the operation and letting the shipping companies take care of their own security?
“Where’s the outrage?” Rick Shenkman asks. And why is the media not covering what’s happening with homeland security?