Homeland Security Accused of Wasting $500M on Nuke Precautions for Border

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Homeland Security Accused of Wasting $500M on Nuke Precautions for Border
By Catherine Herridge

The Department of Homeland Security has wasted up to nearly a half billion dollars in taxpayer money and time on its current plans to develop technology at the nation's borders to detect nuclear material being smuggled into the country, according to two recent GAO reports cited by a Republican senator on Thursday.

In one program, the Government Accountability Office concluded the technology was being pushed too hard too fast. In another case, the equipment was too big and it didn't fit into the cargo container inspection lanes.

“This is not a picture of good government at work,” said Gene Aloise, a senior investigator with the GAO who covers homeland security.

He added that the department had been warned repeatedly about the problems.

“It's not good government, it's not best practices and in some cases it wasn't even common sense.”