but the implementation is problematic. There are literally dozens of government agencies with overlapping areas of responsibility and not just in Homeland Security (man, I'm beginning to hate that name). Consider all of the government intelligence agencies, including but not limited to the CIA, DIA, NIMA, NSA, and several more that I hesitate to name on an unclassified board. Or what about law enforcement agencies involved with drug law enforcement, such as the FBI, DEA, state bureaus of investigation, local law enforcement, and a host of others. These agencies often don't work well together due to bureaucratic turf wars, fights over funding, incompatable computer systems, etc.

The concept behind the Department of Homeland Security is to bring together some 22 related agencies to make it easier to coordinate their efforts. In a fantasy world, it wouldn't seem unreasonable to actually merge some of those agencies and get rid of the senseless duplication and bureaucracy. Dream on.

Remember, bringing together a bunch of bureaucrats under a single new letterhead isn't going to automatically make them any smarter, more efficient, or less moronic than they were in 22 separate agencies. It'll take a long time (if ever) before they learn to work together.