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'Ineffectual behemoth'.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 31-DEC-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: 'Ineffectual behemoth'.(Editorials)(Homeland Security Department set up to fail)(Editorial)

Article Excerpt
Byline: The Register-Guard

The Department of Homeland Security has become a self-fulfilling prophecy of failure, crippled by turf wars, political back-stabbing and paralyzing indecision on priorities.

Nearly three years after its birth in the largest government reorganization since the creation of the Department of Defense, fundamental questions remain about the agency's ability to respond to disasters and protect the nation from terrorist attacks.

An independent audit released Wednesday by Homeland Security Inspector General Richard Skinner found the sprawling Cabinet department plagued by severe management and financial problems that contributed to the inept response to Hurricane Katrina. Skinner's report...

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