The Shadowy Boondoggle That Is ‘Homeland Security’

The Shadowy Boondoggle That Is ‘Homeland Security’

by Tom Engelhardt

Once upon a time, “homeland” was a word of little significance in the American context.  What American before 9/11 would have called the United States his or her “homeland” rather than “country”?  Who sang “My homeland, ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty”?  Between my birth in 1944, as World War II was drawing to [...]http://original.antiwar.com/engelhardt/2013/02/28/the-shadowy-boondoggle-that-is-homeland-security/