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One of the themes trumpeted in the news media as a "lesson" to be learned from 9-11 is that the federal government is too disorganized and inefficient to combat effectively a threat like terrorism. On October 8, 2001, President Bush established by executive order the Office of Homeland Security, with former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge as director. More recently, the Bush administration has proposed creating an entirely new cabinet-level department, the Department of Homeland Security, to fill the alleged void in homeland defense capabilities.
The Department of Homeland Security might at first blush seem an appropriate prescription for the battle against ...