Wed, Dec 28, 2005
Aviation Security Not Up To Snuff?
A House Committee on
Homeland Security investigative report prepared for Ranking Member
Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and Committee Democrats finds that the
Department of Homeland Security has left 33 separate promises to
strengthen aspects of homeland security unresolved ahead of the New
Year.
"It's our job in Congress to hold the Department of Homeland
Security accountable for the work that it does and doesn't do. It
would be one thing if the Department didn't identify security
lapses in the first place, but a more troubling situation when they
make promises to the American people and then leave them
unfulfilled."
The report notes that,
'33 unfulfilled promises from the Department of Homeland Security
leave the Democrats on this Committee with a great many questions
about whether the Department is really doing its job. It appears
that the Department has dropped the ball ahead of the New Year,
leaving a great number of questions to be answered and our security
in jeopardy until these promises are fulfilled.'
Specifically, the report identifies 33 promises that date back
to 2002 that were made by various members of the Department's
leadership and remain unfulfilled. The report chronicles gaps in
ten separate sectors of our homeland security -- ranging from port
security and aviation security to preparedness for
possible chemical and biological attacks.
"The findings of the report are significant because they uncover
a number of unnecessary vulnerabilities to our homeland security
that the American people deserve to know about.
"Where I come from in Mississippi, a person's word means a great
deal. How are Americans expected to trust that the Department of
Homeland Security is up to the job of securing them when it has let
them down again and again?"
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