June 25, 2005

Billion$ in Homeland $ecurity Purchases Kept in the Dark

About $8 billion in homeland security funds has been doled out to states since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, but the public has little chance of knowing how all of that money is being spent.

Earlier this year, state lawmakers discovered that Colorado did not have a state homeland security plan, yet it has spent $130 million.
“How the hell do you spend $130 million for homeland security when you don’t have a damn plan,” (Sen. Bob Hagedorn, a Democrat, asks)

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Posted by Cieciel at June 25, 2005 02:09 AM