this is heartening

(not)

what the HELL is going on? and oh yeah, blame it ALL on katrina. it's the hurricane's fault, NOT the administrations (the extent of the devestation IS indeed the fault of the administration. period)

and we let this shite go on and on an on........
Homeland Security reports massive abuse by government employees

Diane SweetPublished: Wednesday December 6, 2006

A semi-annual report filed this week by Homeland Security Inspector General Richard L. Skinner showed a marked increase in arrests of department and other government employees, but contained no recommendations for security improvements, RAW STORY has learned.
Media spokeswoman Tamara Faulkner of the Inspector General's office told RAW STORY that many of the arrests associated with the report, "were due to oversight associated with the inter-departmental oversight involved with the recovery process of Hurricane Katrina."
Indeed, there was fraud discovered in connection with Katrina and the FEMA division of Homeland Security, but more alarming are the many arrests made of employees working for the government. Among the claims:
FEMA inspector accused of soliciting and accepting bribes in connection with kickbacks on over-inflated FEMA claims.
FEMA temporary employee in NYC facilitated $1,000,000 fraud via submission and approval of false claims for financial assistance to FEMA after the attacks on the World Trade Centers on 9-11-01. The investigation led to the indictment of 8 persons on 52 counts.
Former prison captain guilty of civil rights violation and witness tampering, convicted of 3 counts of witness tampering and the beating of an immigrant detainee..........

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