http://projects.washingtonpost.com/t...eyond-control/

"...The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work...."

[When Reps. start acting all thrifty and assert that Soc. Sec. costs too much, someone should bring up the huge bureaucracy that has grown around homeland security and most of the employees are paid twice or 3x the salary of a gov. employee.]