1st Edition

Homeland Security Scams

By James T. Bennett Copyright 2006
218 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

A direct consequence of the War on Terror launched after the attacks of September 11, 2001 is an awareness of the need for homeland security. This war is being used to justify a huge expansion of government powers and spending, but funds allocated for homeland security are often for programs far removed from anything that might be termed "defense" or "security." In Homeland Security Scams, James... Read more
Acknowledgements, 1. Introduction: Pork Has a New Name, 2. Born to Spend Wild: The Messy Birth of the Department of Homeland Security, 3. Wastin’ Away Again in Homeland Securityville, 4. (Expensive) Scenes from a Twenty-First-Century Bureaucracy, 5. Life (and Lost Liberties) During Wartime, 6. Mr. Orwell — and Stephen King — Call Your Offices, 7. Is Big Government Back in the Saddle?, Index

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James T. Bennett