Norseman
04-07-2008, 09:05 PM
Here's an interesting story from CNN concerning the Federal Protective Service. For those who are familiar with this agency, it was on the chopping block and on the verge of becoming an debunk agency until the Oklahoma City bombing.
Lawmaker: U.S. security agency faltering
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A series of embarrassing incidents on federal property across the country, including the theft of a trailer of surveillance equipment from an FBI parking deck, is being blamed on budget cuts at the agency charged with securing federal grounds.
"We're seeing the near collapse of the Federal Protective Service," said Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-District of Columbia, who leads the congressional subcommittee that oversees federal buildings...
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/14/federal.security/
Lawmaker: U.S. security agency faltering
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A series of embarrassing incidents on federal property across the country, including the theft of a trailer of surveillance equipment from an FBI parking deck, is being blamed on budget cuts at the agency charged with securing federal grounds.
"We're seeing the near collapse of the Federal Protective Service," said Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-District of Columbia, who leads the congressional subcommittee that oversees federal buildings...
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/14/federal.security/