Meanwhile, back in the 'real' world...
My free internet access here has allowed me time to catch up on some news from the US, and there are a couple of gems from the past week or so. This one about "terrorist targets" is a follow-up to a post I wrote back in June.
New York Times - It reads like a tally of terrorist targets that a child might have written: Old MacDonald’s Petting Zoo, the Amish Country Popcorn factory, the Mule Day Parade, the Sweetwater Flea Market and an unspecified “Beach at End of a Street.”
But the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security, in a report released Tuesday, found that the list was not child’s play: all these “unusual or out-of-place” sites “whose criticality is not readily apparent” are inexplicably included in the federal antiterrorism database.
The National Asset Database, as it is known, is so flawed, the inspector general found, that as of January, Indiana, with 8,591 potential terrorist targets, had 50 percent more listed sites than New York (5,687) and more than twice as many as California (3,212), ranking the state the most target-rich place in the nation.
The database is used by the Homeland Security Department to help divvy up the hundreds of millions of dollars in antiterrorism grants each year, including the program announced in May that cut money to New York City and Washington by 40 percent, while significantly increasing spending for cities including Louisville, Ky., and Omaha.
“We don’t find it embarrassing,” said the department’s deputy press secretary, Jarrod Agen. “The list is a valuable tool.”
You know what else is a valuable tool? Jarrod Agen.
And in a further sign of America's happy descent into a theocratic irony-wormhole, a replica Statue of Liberty - half the size of the original, no less - holding a giant cross and the ten commandments went in Memphis for July 4. Perhaps this holy erection will hit the DHS terror target list soon too. Some background and extra links on the "Megachuch mega-lawn ornament" here.
New York Times - It reads like a tally of terrorist targets that a child might have written: Old MacDonald’s Petting Zoo, the Amish Country Popcorn factory, the Mule Day Parade, the Sweetwater Flea Market and an unspecified “Beach at End of a Street.”
But the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security, in a report released Tuesday, found that the list was not child’s play: all these “unusual or out-of-place” sites “whose criticality is not readily apparent” are inexplicably included in the federal antiterrorism database.
The National Asset Database, as it is known, is so flawed, the inspector general found, that as of January, Indiana, with 8,591 potential terrorist targets, had 50 percent more listed sites than New York (5,687) and more than twice as many as California (3,212), ranking the state the most target-rich place in the nation.
The database is used by the Homeland Security Department to help divvy up the hundreds of millions of dollars in antiterrorism grants each year, including the program announced in May that cut money to New York City and Washington by 40 percent, while significantly increasing spending for cities including Louisville, Ky., and Omaha.
“We don’t find it embarrassing,” said the department’s deputy press secretary, Jarrod Agen. “The list is a valuable tool.”
You know what else is a valuable tool? Jarrod Agen.
And in a further sign of America's happy descent into a theocratic irony-wormhole, a replica Statue of Liberty - half the size of the original, no less - holding a giant cross and the ten commandments went in Memphis for July 4. Perhaps this holy erection will hit the DHS terror target list soon too. Some background and extra links on the "Megachuch mega-lawn ornament" here.
posted by James B. Martini | 8:59 PM
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