No wonder we're broke. And even though I voted for Bush twice (I had to!) I lay the blame at his feet for the DHS, and TSA nightmare.
this is what i've been saying.. roll them into one, then there is no excuse like 'oh the FBI didn't share that info with us wahhh'. I almost think they want this inter-department confusion so they have an excuse for when they fuck up. They just created the DHS to improve the flow of info between depts and it didn't work, so now they want to do it again!? if you can't do it right with 5 or 10 or 20 depts.. how is 21 gonna fix that? This is as you say, literally, INSANE.
I know what you're saying about multiple agencies and the "I've got! No, I've got it!" problem, but one big agency "to rule them all" might come with a downside, too. I would think those who fear the police state most would be aware of that.