Security Clash May be Brewing in Congress Over Transit Safeguards

If I were president, the first group I would disband would be the Dept of Homeland Security which seems to be doing nothing to secure this country but everything to line Bush supporters' pockets. And Chertoff strikes me as far more dangerous than Tom (see the colors!) Ridge:

WASHINGTON — The terrorist attacks in London have brought new pressure from Republicans and Democrats for a substantial boost in federal spending on mass transit security. But when Congress returns from its Fourth of July break next week, those demands may produce a clash with President Bush's secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, who has made clear he has other priorities.

Chertoff, who took over the Department of Homeland Security in February, has conducted an exhaustive review of his agency's spending and structure.

And he, like many outside experts, apparently has concluded that the government should focus its spending on such potentially catastrophic threats as nuclear or biological attacks.