Originally Posted by billethkid

Napolitano said it was a distraction for her department and that it was not worth pursuing. The resources will be assigned to local lawmakers needs VS the ability to track ports, borders, etc.

"After numerous congressional briefings on the importance of the NAO and its solid legal footing, politics beat out good government,"

We all expect some things to be affected by political leaning than good decision making. But a process and technology, while controversial (again based on politics) was proven to congress to be of value in the fight against terrorism.

It should be unacceptable to Americans to have their safety potentially jeopardized because of politics. Al Queda has just this week once again encourage the use of nuclear weapons to kill Americans and destroy the American way.

The words are not used anymore "war against terrorism" and now dismantling anti terrorism capability.

Maybe it is because they fear the technology has the capability to discover their wrong doings or illegal shenanigans.

America being returned to the status of "paper tiger". GOD help us and those who will ultimately be harmed as a result of diluting our efforts to discover terrorists and their activities.

btk