Profiting from panic.The Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States may be a dubious instrument to protect the public from terrorism and similar calamities, but it's proving to be immensely profitable to its architects. "Dozens of members of the Bush administration's domestic security team, assembled after the 2001 terrorist attacks, are now collecting bigger paychecks in different roles: working on behalf of companies that sell domestic security products, many directly to the federal agencies the officials helped run," reported the June 18 New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times. Tom Ridge Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 27 1945 near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives (1983–1995), Governor of Pennsylvania (1995–2001), Assistant to the President for Homeland Security , the first Homeland Security Czar, "now stands to profit handsomely" from the purchase of Savi Technology, maker of the Radio Frequency ID (RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. ) chip technology, by Lockheed Martin. Ridge actively promoted RFID chips during his tenure as Security Czar. Asa Hutchinson, former under secretary for border and transportation security, has become a beltway lobbyist for various security-related interests, earning "in one year ... more than he ever did [while at] the Homeland Security Department There were gaps in the U.S. system for detecting and deterring terrorist acts in the homeland. That became clear September 11, 2001. The Department of Homeland Security is the george w. bush administration's plug for those gaps. ," he admitted to the Times. |
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