The Department of Homeland Con Jobs

Pudentilla posted this at Skippy International (le chateau d'roo to your inner Frenchman):

u.s. to spend billions more to alter security systems - washington, may 7 - after spending more than $4.5 billion on screening devices to monitor the nation's ports, borders, airports, mail and air, the federal government is moving to replace or alter much of the antiterrorism equipment, concluding that it is ineffective, unreliable or too expensive to operate. [--snip--]

the federal government will probably need to spend as much as $7 billion more on screening equipment in coming years, according to government estimates.

ok, so we’re not any safer. but some folks are making a boatload of dough on this boondoggle. we wonder to whom they make political contributions.