kestrel7_7 comments on 25 years ago today, George W. Bush issued an executive order creating the "Office of Homeland Security", headed by Tom Ridge. It would become an executive department a year later.

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https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/10/10/01-25677/establishing-the-office-of-homeland-security-and-the-homeland-security-council

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[–] kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.