In a city known for paralyzing bureaucratic turf fights, one of the most debilitating and potentially disastrous has received scant attention: it’s the Congressional mess that produces tangled homeland security laws. This tangle obstructs our ability to prioritize risks at the Department of Homeland Security, where I work alongside more than 200,000 colleagues, almost all of us civil servants (not political appointees) who will remain in place after the election.
Congressional committees can help expose and remedy bureaucratic paralysis and partisan biases, but in this case these committees are the source of the problem, with both political parties contributing equally to the mess. Regardless of which party wins in November, the homeland security turf fight has to be brought under control so that the department can more effectively confront security risks.
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