Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks revealed flaws in the U.S.’s national security.
So on March 1, 2003, Congress passed the Homeland Security Act, which created the Homeland Security Department.
Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano described it as “the largest reorganization of the federal government since the Department of Defense,” wrote Fox News. The department was designed to “protect our homeland,” then-President George Bush said.
“I don’t think people understand what (DHS) does and no part of it really wins any respect from the public,” Ben Friedman, a research fellow in defense and homeland security studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, told Fox News.
Since Sept. 11, the department has received nearly $800 billion, according to MSNBC.
Since its creation, the department has been criticized for numerous reasons.
