This is what the DHS does with your taxes. They don’t serve any purpose other that targetting Americans with politics they don’t like. DHS are the terrorists.
@thendrix There was a strong anti-government movement before 9/11 and that seems to have put it on hold until around the last decade. I can see the rationale behind the decision but like many government decisions, certain input is ignored.
For example, I remember watching Modern Marvels as a kid and seeing an FBI Agent essentially describe the Boston Marathon Bombing. The explosive resistant trash cans were ready to be used and mitigation was clearly outlined. It only took a little over a decade for it to seemingly be discarded and the attack occurred.
The ability of political influence to overpower a sincere concern from experts is certainly not unfamiliar to the FBI and other parts of the government responsible for security. I'm fairly certain that they know to say one thing and do another. Getting shit pay and not being allowed to do what they likely joined for is too much. Sometimes a threat goes away in a completely serendipitous way.
I'm not saying that the government should be trusted. Distrust of the government is an important American value. Maybe they do sometimes justify the taxes we pay and perhaps some don't care about the consequences of ignoring politics as they won't be caught.
DHS should have never happened along with the Patriot Act… when you have bad actors and poor performance in government you don’t give them more rope to hang you and themselves at the same time. 
Given the corruption has seeped down from the head of the snake reform is likely impossible. Looking back to Rome and how they dealt with bureaucrats actively undermining the health of the state is instructive.
