{"id":35146,"date":"2013-04-16T19:55:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T23:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35146"},"modified":"2013-04-16T19:55:09","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T23:55:09","slug":"obama-slashed-office-for-bombing-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35146","title":{"rendered":"Obama slashed Office for Bombing Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t even know what the Office of Bombing Protection could possibly do to prevent the bombing in Boston, but the UK’s Daily Mail<\/a> reports that a former Bush Administration official, Robert Liscouski, claims that the Obama Administration has slashed funding for that office from $20 million to $11 million.<\/p>\n

Today the OBP describes its mission as ‘enhanc[ing] the Nation\u2019s ability to prevent, protect against, respond to, and mitigate the terrorist use of explosives against critical infrastructure, the private sector, and Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial entities.’<\/p>\n

Its website says it works to ‘coordinate national and intergovernmental bombing prevention efforts’ and ‘enhance counter-IED capabilities.’\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess if you believe that government is efficient enough to protect us and can save us from ourselves, you’d believe that an Office of Bombing Protection would be useful and you’d be outraged that Obama cut their funding. But me, not so much. The only thing that could have foiled that plot yesterday would be better police work or a more vigilant public. Certainly not a bunch of bureaucrats sitting in a conference room noodling about the subject.<\/p>\n

Liscouski works for a security company now, so I’m sure he thinks more funding would be the answer since he can try to get his grubby little paws on the cash. <\/p>\n

Thanks to Preston for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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