MIT has begun issuing a series of essays challenging the conventional wisdom of our government policies. Since I've carped a fair bit about the performance of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), I decided to read their essay entitled "Paying for Homeland Security: Show Me the Money".
The essay is the result of an analysis of DHS' budgets since the department was formed. One of the reasons for forming the department and giving it more money was so that the additional money could be spent on top priority projects. Well, each of the agencies has been getting its same share of the DHS budget every year, even though there is a fair amount of duplication among agencies. The extra money is not going to top priority projects.
It looks like the bureaucracy is winning the GWOT.
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