Homeland Security falls short, GAO says

The Homeland Security Department has failed to meet even half of its performance expectations in the four years it has been in existence, congressional auditors concluded in a draft report obtained by The Associated Press.

Predictably enough the response of the agency is ¡No problemo!

The department disagreed with the findings of the Government Accountability Office report, which was to be released Thursday, particularly with the way auditors defined and measured progress.

How sneaky, to actually look for and expect measurable results! In spite of the hemming and hawing around in Cong hearings this week, HS Secretary Chertoff summed the situation up:

“But if you ask me is the job of keeping us safe done, the answer to that is no,” Chertoff said. “It is not done. And it may not be done within our lifetimes.”

OK. If that’s the case, quit dinking around, and let us carry guns to defend ourselves…wherever…including at airports, etc.

Dang! There I go, thinking again! Foolish error, when dealing with bureaucratic minds.