Despite being merged into Homeland Security, the AP write-thru of today's Senate hearings shows that the Coast Guard it is still a "can do" agency, and politics be damned:
"Citing broad gaps in U.S. intelligence, the Coast Guard cautioned the Bush administration that it was unable to determine whether a United Arab Emirates-owned company might support terrorist operations, a Senate panel said Monday."
First Katrina, now Port Security. If it wasn't for the
Coasties, you could make a great argument for shutting
down DHS altogether. Here's the link: http://apnews.myway.com/...