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The Bush administration has its priorities

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There seems to be a pattern. Before 9/11, the Bush administration de-emphasized counter-terrorism. Before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, the Bush administration slashed funding for the Army Corps of Engineers, levee construction, and the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project.

And in advance of a terrorist plot to carry explosives onto U.S.-bound planes, the Bush administration asked to for explosive-detection technology.

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It's stunning how much more we could be doing, at hardly unreasonable costs,
but the administration chooses not to.

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For that matter, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), a senior Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee, explained the AP that he urged the administration in 2003 to buy electron scanners, like the ones used at London's airport to detect plastics that might be hidden beneath passenger clothes. "It's been an ongoing frustration about their resistance to purchase off-the-shelf, state-of-the-art equipment that can meet these threats," he said.

Don't worry, though, there will always be plenty of money for tax cuts.

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