Bloomberg says funding was cut because NYC embarrassed Homeland Security

Anti-terror aid cut may be payback, sez Mike

BY CELESTE KATZ, GREG WILSON and MICHAEL SAUL
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

The Department of Homeland Security's decision to slash the city's anti-terrorism funding by 40% may be payback for getting embarrassed during a terror alert last year, Mayor Bloomberg suggested yesterday.

Last October, Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced a massive security alert on the subways after receiving intelligence information that they described as a "specific threat" to New York City.

Officials at Homeland Security quickly - and publicly - cast doubt on the intelligence that prompted the alert, but were later humiliated when it was discovered that two department officials sent private e-mails warning their friends and family of a possible subway attack.

"Whether this is a little bit of getting even with us for embarrassing them, I don't know," Bloomberg said on his weekly WABC radio program. "I can't attribute motives. What I do know is that we are disappointed."

Bloomberg suggested again yesterday that politics unduly influenced how the department doled out funds. "Everything in Washington is driven by politics, that's one of the problems with our system," the mayor said.

A Bloomberg administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the city has still not received a clear explanation from Homeland Security for the decision.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/423154p-357155c.html

try to run the country.

Standard bill of fair for neo-cons.

:kick:

from Dem to Repub in order to run for mayor.

to exist.

When will we say "Enough" to this travesty? When will they start acting like heads of state instead of high-school bullies. I can't even begin to describe how sickened I am by this latest outrage. As a New Yorker, I say that any local politician who doesn't come out swinging against this insult deserves to be voted out next term. Including Bloomberg.