pTen years on, was creating the Homeland Security Department a good idea?

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No, it's added bureacracy

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Yes, it was a smart move

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I have mixed feelings here

@Mar '13 V 371 votes c 123 comments

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Mr_D_ElPaso

v No, it's added bureacracy

Bad real bad idea I live 1 mile from the border in ElPaso Texas it is no more secure than 20 years ago. It doesn't help when the blooming idiot woman former governor of Arizona heading up Dept. of Homeland Security hasn't a clue

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Jun 17
1971tennessee voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
Jun 17
babygirlmann voted

v Yes, it was a smart move
Jun 16
ladywaterwood voted

v I have mixed feelings here
Jun 14
east2west voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
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Jun 14
Big_jeff endorsed jessejaymes

v No, it's added bureacracy
Jun 13
stevesampson voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
Jun 12
usmom3 voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
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Jun 11

songbird

v No, it's added bureacracy

It will be used against the American people.

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Jun 9
griz64blue voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
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Jun 8
hancel voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
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Jun 8
Leonard endorsed Zazziness

v No, it's added bureacracy
Jun 7
JenniferLoni voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
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Jun 7

RobertJHarsh

v No, it's added bureacracy

Pure theater. I travel all the time and those jokers couldn't close a taco stand.

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Jun 6
USN-22 voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
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Jun 4
nhlakes endorsed Thomas_Paine

v No, it's added bureacracy
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Jun 4
DIAMONDG81 voted

v Yes, it was a smart move
Jun 3
Tbplummer1951 voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
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kosmik

v No, it's added bureacracy

We had the apparatus for homeland security through existing agencies. The problem was communication between them. Do away with the communication barriers and we've done away with the need for another bureaucracy.

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Jun 3
JTHEM endorsed Zazziness

v No, it's added bureacracy
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Jun 2
Knoll37 voted

v I have mixed feelings here
Jun 2
mcadwell endorsed Zazziness

v No, it's added bureacracy
Jun 2
anotherperson voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
Jun 1
truthsayer endorsed Zazziness

v No, it's added bureacracy
Jun 1
rtoberl voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
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Dsroka voted

v Yes, it was a smart move
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May 31
Slaughter1989 endorsed fistv

v No, it's added bureacracy
May 31
tarakitten endorsed Zazziness

v No, it's added bureacracy
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May 30
NowOrNever endorsed Zazziness

v No, it's added bureacracy
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May 30
Texasbuzz voted

v Yes, it was a smart move
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May 29
SlimElmo91 voted

v Yes, it was a smart move
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May 29
DebWilliams57 voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
May 29
rojopa voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
May 28
Conserve endorsed Zazziness

v No, it's added bureacracy
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May 28
buckshotlee endorsed fistv

v No, it's added bureacracy
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May 27
mimix5 voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
May 27

Ashstop

v Yes, it was a smart move

I've created home security for my home and family, for the same reasons i try to enforce it in my home our government should be protecting us from people that want to steal or harm us in our country

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May 25
Carach voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
May 24

ST_Louie_Sue

v I have mixed feelings here

A good idea wrongly executed. It was hastily conceived under duress which never is effective.

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May 24

Nurse8493

v Yes, it was a smart move

We have let the enemy that threatens our liberties, into our beautiful country!

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May 23
HMB1114 voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
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May 23
BostonRob endorsed Zazziness

v No, it's added bureacracy
May 23

AlexNWA

v No, it's added bureacracy

Another Republican bureaucracy to hide behind. Why do they always claim to be for smaller government when adding another unnecessary layer.

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May 21
Amy2723 voted

v Yes, it was a smart move
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debido endorsed Zazziness

v No, it's added bureacracy
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mikev9359

v No, it's added bureacracy

HLS has done nothing to secure our country. It has only created a way to control our citizens and place more restrictions on us while the intent of HLS has never been realized.

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May '13
aledar voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
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May '13
DesignerLM voted

v I have mixed feelings here
May '13
Mournwolf voted

v No, it's added bureacracy
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May '13
DrSilicon voted

v No, it's added bureacracy

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Mr_D_ElPaso

v No, it's added bureacracy

Bad real bad idea I live 1 mile from the border in ElPaso Texas it is no more secure than 20 years ago. It doesn't help when the blooming idiot woman former governor of Arizona heading up Dept. of Homeland Security hasn't a clue

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LaLuz

It might have been a good idea, but Open Borders Napolitano has used it as a weapon against the American people. My heart goes out to you and others who live in the Border. Watching our Nation slip away purely so the Far Left can take total power in the Country is just as distressing to Democrats around the Country as it is to anyone else. The most recent CNN Poll said that 62% of Americans want NO 'pathway to citizenship" without massive improvements in Border Security FIRST. Only 26% say "pathway" without enhanced Security First is all American deserves.

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songbird

v No, it's added bureacracy

It will be used against the American people.

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RobertJHarsh

v No, it's added bureacracy

Pure theater. I travel all the time and those jokers couldn't close a taco stand.

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kosmik

v No, it's added bureacracy

We had the apparatus for homeland security through existing agencies. The problem was communication between them. Do away with the communication barriers and we've done away with the need for another bureaucracy.

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May 27

Ashstop

v Yes, it was a smart move

I've created home security for my home and family, for the same reasons i try to enforce it in my home our government should be protecting us from people that want to steal or harm us in our country

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May 24

ST_Louie_Sue

v I have mixed feelings here

A good idea wrongly executed. It was hastily conceived under duress which never is effective.

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May 24

Nurse8493

v Yes, it was a smart move

We have let the enemy that threatens our liberties, into our beautiful country!

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May 23

AlexNWA

v No, it's added bureacracy

Another Republican bureaucracy to hide behind. Why do they always claim to be for smaller government when adding another unnecessary layer.

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LaLuz

NewsFlash.............Barack Obama has been President for going on FIVE YEARS. Repubs didn't appoint a known OPEN BORDERS advocate........NAPOLITANO........Obama did. Yapping about what Repubs did won't save us now and just makes you look ridiculous.

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AlexNWA

@LaLuz I was talking about who created the Dept of Homeland Security and the redundant bureacracy. If you knew your history or knew how to read you'd realize that.

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AlexNWA

@LaLuz the question was about the dept, not the border situation.

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LaLuz

@AlexNWA And, i was addressing the fact that Obama has had the POWER to change it's direction for over four years. Instead he made it WORSE by putting Nappie in charge and unleashing dark forces within the DOJ and the NSA against everyday Americans.

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AlexNWA

@LaLuz yes, the President could have done more to counter the Republican created bureaucracy. He could have tried to stop the unconstitutional policies created by Bush but it is much easier to create a bureaucracy than end one.

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mikev9359

v No, it's added bureacracy

HLS has done nothing to secure our country. It has only created a way to control our citizens and place more restrictions on us while the intent of HLS has never been realized.

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sspphoto

v No, it's added bureacracy

Not only was creating the Homeland Security Department a bad idea but it is becoming America's equivalent of the Nazi Secret Police--the Gestapo and of the former Soviet KGB. Are they building a huge fleet of drones that are not only domestic espionage machines that can spy on any of us but they also carry deadly weapons which can be unleashed against any of us at will causing great devastation and producing numerous casualties! All dictatorships are violent, hate-based and completely paranoid and they rule by decrees which are always subject to change without any advance notice and they wage continuous warfare against their own people just to keep the structure of th...

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May '13

N0rthman

v No, it's added bureacracy

Lets just abolish the department now, and use tax payer funds for more useful and productive purposes.

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sspphoto

I endorse you all the way on this, sir!

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May 24

ST_Louie_Sue

Like drones killing Americans?

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May 24

N0rthman

@ST_Louie_Sue: No, that neither moral nor constitutional.

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May '13

FollowTheMoney

v I have mixed feelings here

Good idea...poorly executed. Homeland Security should have folded all other security agencies into one. Thus eliminating redundancies and increasing effectiveness. Not to mention the money saved by firing all the unnecessary personnel, equipment and infrastructure.

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May '13

LEC

v No, it's added bureacracy

Every time I hear "Homeland Security" I flash on Germany's Gestapo. It needs to go before we need a war to get rid of it...

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May '13

Aftermath

v No, it's added bureacracy

When Hitler created the Gestapo, it was wrong, illegal, and against all common sense. I say this because it was wrong then, and it is wrong now, and yes, it was wrong ten years ago.

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May '13

Glich

v No, it's added bureacracy

How many "Billions of tax dollars" have been spent on "Homeland Security"? It has created jobs - it is staffed by many well intentioned employees. Its not what we are lead to believe it would be - its not keeping Americans safer. It needs to be scaled back - that money should be used to create private industry jobs for America. The fear at present is Government is arming our own employees to be used against Americans -

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May '13

Bobolinsky

v No, it's added bureacracy

Creating another cabinet position and its accompanying bureaucracy to facilitate communication between different agencies never made sense to me. . When Bush proposed the creation of DHS that I began to doubt his fealty to conservatism. Conservatives are supposed to be for getting rid of unnecessary government, not creating them. When the first act of the newly formed DHS was the color-coded threat level system, my doubts became a certainty.

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May '13

marine1

v No, it's added bureacracy

There should be one federal law enforcement agency only with a few sub departments that report to a single boss. Maybe then they could compile accurate information in a timely manner and most likely at a third the cost and twice the effectiveness. It would also be nice if they would share their information with state agencies so we don't have another Boston.

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May '13

topcattopcat

v No, it's added bureacracy

Face it, the US government is a terrorist organization. They place troops in hostile country's and they kill people who are not threatening to invade this country. Then they allow millions of people, to enter this country illegally. This combination of errors justifies the government's use of unconstitutional means to spy on and regulate the lives of the American people. Eavesdropping is wrong unless the government does it. Sexual assault is wrong unless the TSA does it. Among the 11 million to 20 million people who are in this country illegally. how many have formed terrorist cells and are waiting to strike. Uh-oh, better take away more freedoms and better keep tighte...

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May '13

URBS

v No, it's added bureacracy

We had the people to do the job all we did was add more admion to be a burden on the economy.

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May '13

Wafflecone

v No, it's added bureacracy

Thanks GW, Typical Republican Small Government Hypocrite

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Zazziness

v No, it's added bureacracy

Creating a secret police than can circumvent the rule of law was a horrible idea then and it's a horrible idea now.

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fistv

v No, it's added bureacracy

It was a method to expand government even further and centralize government power, armed power at that. We have well over 100 separate armed law enforcement agencies now, we did not need another one.

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jessejaymes

v No, it's added bureacracy

This is a trick question right? Homeland Security could be named the KGB and nobody would know the difference.

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Thomas_Paine

v No, it's added bureacracy

In his seminal work "The Limits of Power" John Bacevich (US Army Col. Retired and a Prof. at Boston College) notes that all that seems to happen with each failure of American intelligence is that there is an expansion of the bureaucracy to watchdog the agency that failed. Homeland Security now provides an uber-umbrella of plausible deniability for any future failures which is a given certainty based on the track record of the CIA.

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Republican5150

v Yes, it was a smart move

Consolidated resources and intelligence sharing among agencies in defense of all Americans, home or abroad. Great idea.

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4PeteSake

v No, it's added bureacracy

I don't care about the supposed "bureacracy." I oppose the infringement of our privacy our right to due process and the use of the stupid name "homeland" which sounds like something from a 1930's movie about an Eastern European despot.

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DARSB

v No, it's added bureacracy

The creation of the DHS resulted in an enormous expansion of the size of government, and along with the USA PATRIOT Act, severely limited our ability to be left alone by that government.

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Mar '13

Mr_GO_HERD

v I have mixed feelings here

Great plan but like any part of the Govt. it has been mismanaged and could use an overhaul.

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Mar '13

jmiller94

v No, it's added bureacracy

It's useless government bloat. All the terrorist plots foiled since it's inception were foiled by the FBI.

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Mar '13

Vance1

v No, it's added bureacracy

You can equate the so called "Homeland Security Department" to the American Nanny Socialists of America Party. Homeland Security Department is ran by Janet I thrashed the state of Arizona and ran to the Obama admin Neoplao,Tano. She is indeed one of the Social Obama Nazi's that intend to turn our country into a Complete and utter Welfare/Socialist/police state!!!

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