Guards Say Homeland Security HQ Insecure

[DoYouEverWonder]

March 6, 2006

WASHINGTON - The agency entrusted with protecting the U.S. homeland is having difficulty safeguarding its own headquarters, say private security guards at the complex.

The guards have taken their concerns to Congress, describing inadequate training, failed security tests and slow or confused reactions to bomb and biological threats.

For instance, when an envelope with suspicious powder was opened last fall at Homeland Security Department headquarters, guards said they watched in amazement as superiors carried it by the office of Secretary Michael Chertoff, took it outside and then shook it outside Chertoff's window without evacuating people nearby.

The scare, caused by white powder that proved to be harmless, "stands as one glaring example" of the agency's security problems, said Derrick Daniels, one of the first guards to respond to the incident.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/homeland_insecurity;_ylt=A9FJqa1KDwxE_FoAXQys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

They can't even keep themselves safe, how the hell are they supposed to keep anyone else safe?

[Dunvegan]

1. This needs to be blasted to the "locked in fear, therefore for Bush base."

[rodeodance]

2. last Friday, cable TV was buzzing that Chertoff was going to leave?--Any

one have a follow up on this?--The story was on Raw website I think also.

[Why Syzygy]

3. I'm just sorry

it was harmless. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but public safety is at stake... supposedly.

What morons. Remember the person who died with the real anthrax? The photographer of the Bush twins down drunk on their asses. Coincidence? Yes. I'm sure.

No one at Homeland (gag me) has a camera evidently. Oh, and the anthrax scare was just a sequel to 911, the most horrific thing to ever touch our homes.

George Bush is a Hitler wannabe. He just isn't up for the job. Hitler was on the job 24x7.
George is a slackard.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

4. I get the impression...

... that someone already "knew" that powder was nothing but Shower to Shower personal talc.

[Lerkfish]

9. yeah, seems that way, eh?

[sabra]

5. kick

:kick:

[UpInArms]

6. related: AP Guards tell Congress that Homeland Security HQ is insecure

http://ap.morningsun.net/pstories/20060306/3692389.shtml

The guards have taken their concerns to Congress, describing inadequate training, failed security tests and slow or confused reactions to bomb and biological threats.

For instance, when an envelope with suspicious powder was opened last fall at Homeland Security Department headquarters, guards said they watched in amazement as superiors carried it by the office of Secretary Michael Chertoff, took it outside and then shook it outside Chertoff's window without evacuating people nearby.

The scare, caused by white powder that proved to be harmless, "stands as one glaring example" of the agency's security problems, said Derrick Daniels, one of the first guards to respond to the incident.

"I had never previously been given training ... describing how to respond to a possible chemical attack," Daniels told The Associated Press. "I wouldn't feel safe nowhere on this compound as an officer."

Daniels was employed until last fall by Wackenhut Services Inc., the private security firm that guards Homeland's headquarters in a residential area of Washington. The company has been criticized previously for its work at nuclear facilities and transporting nuclear weapons.

[katinmn]

7. Wow. More f***** up by the day

x(

[Gregorian]

8. It's not about security. It's about control.

Just like the drug war. It wasn't about drugs. It was about jails, money, and creating more drugs.

[Roland99]

10. If O'Reilly were worth a damn, this would be The Most Ridiculous Item

But, we all know O'Reilly is as worthless as shit.