Another disconnect

[spindrifter]

New Rules Set for Giving Out Antiterror Aid

By ERIC LIPTON
Published: January 3, 2006

Facing cuts in antiterrorism financing, the Department of Homeland Security plans to announce today that it will evaluate new requests for money from an $800 million aid program for cities based less on politics and more on assessments of where terrorists are likely to strike and potentially cause the greatest damage, department officials say.


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Mr. Chertoff, in a speech last month, said the changes he was considering would require an acknowledgment that the nation could not protect itself against all risks.

"That means tough choices," he said. "And choices mean focusing on the risks which are the greatest. And that means some risks get less focus."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/national/nationalspecial3/03grants.html?hp&ex=1136264400&en=8754731b417d9721&ei=5094&partner=homepage
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If publicizing snooping is an act that informs "terrorists," then isn't publicizing where you are estimating the greatest "threats" doing the same thing?

[niyad]

1. and isn't he in fact saying that some people are more worthy of

protection than others? by whose standards?

[spindrifter]

2. How much will go to protecting Carlyle interests?

[niyad]

3. especially dunkin' donuts and baskin robbins

[wiley]

4. Maybe he's lying

:yoiks: