The 5 Stages of Homeland Security

The announced rationale of the new national alert system is to enable the nation’s security forces to coordinate their actions better. If they need a color-coded system to do that, we are in deep shit: “It’s gone from orange to yellow, guys. You can those Arab-looking teenagers put their clothes back on.”

If you need any convincing that the War on Terrorism is 5 parts PR to 1 part action, just take a look at the Homeland Security Archive page. Press release after press release announcing Ridge’s travels, his press briefings, his photo opps … and an occasional action. If it weren’t so terrifying, it’d be a joke.

Office of Homeland Security: Color-Coding Your Fears for the Illusion of Control

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