US Security Agencies Are Out of Control by Ivan Eland

 US Security Agencies Are Out of Control by Ivan Eland

The Department of Homeland Security, set up because the Department of Defense didn’t…well…defend the country very well and which accounts for about $50 billion of the $1 trillion total, also has had severe financial management problems. In fact, the Department of Defense should be renamed the Department of Defending Other Countries or the Department of Offense, since most of its spending goes toward projecting power offensively around the globe. In the case of both of these massive departments, being able to shield with secrecy their activities from the taxpayer begets waste and arrogance.