Maureen Dowd

Maureen is one of the top columnists for the NY Times, some people think she's a little too liberal but I think she's provocative. Her latest piece has to do with the "weak-minded homeland defense" which I happen to totally agree with. Heck you can't find a CHP on the freeway or get a sheriff to come to your house if you've been robbed but we're spending $85 billion in Iraq. I stray . . . . here's a little of what Maureen has to say :

The FBI has abandoned it's latest computer follies: the $170 million effort to upgrade the bureau's computer system so analysts can accomplish such difficult tastks as simultaneously searching for "aviation" and "schools". Now it's going to take at least 3 1/2 years to develop a new system . . . . . Our intelligence services are only now trying to recruit agents who speak Arabic and Farsi. Who didn't realize after the Iranian hostage crisis that it might be smart to invest in some spies who could infiltrate the places that were calling us Satan? The LA Times reported on Tuesday that about 40 Americans seeking jobs at US intelligence agencies were turned away because of possible ties to terrorists groups. Paul Redmond, a longtime CIA officer, said it was an "actuarial certainty" that spies had infilitrated US security agencies : "I think we're worse off than we've ever been."

You can read the rest by going to www.nytimes.com and searching for her column.