Report blasts U.S. homeland security program.

• Jurisdiction: United States
• Date: 01 September 2003
• Author: Fein, Geoff S.

The Bush administration has earned a grade of "D" for its "surprisingly lax and inadequate efforts to protect America, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Progressive Policy Institute. A 27-page report, released in July, concluded the president "has given homeland security more lip service than action."

While the administration has destroyed al Qaeda cells in Afghanistan and removed the Taliban from power, "building up America's domestic defenses" has been a different story, the report...