Homeland security, a complex task.
The Orlando Sentinel recently syndicated an in-depth series of articles on the incredibly complex and important challenge of providing for homeland security. The articles compare the tasks of getting to the moon and defending the homeland. Relatively speaking, getting to the moon was easy. (*) (†) (‡) (§) (**) The subtext is that homeland defense will be the greatest challenge to face our generation.
The White House released its homeland security strategy last July. (†† PDF) Not to be forgotten is the report headlined by Gary Hart and Warren Rudman that called in February 2001 for a cabinet-level department on homeland security. (‡‡ PDF)