Maybe Its Legal, But Its Definitely Immoral

Does any Repug have a concience or scruples for that matter?

The Department of Homeland Security has invested tens of millions of dollars on a seemingly simple task: creating a tamperproof identification card for airport, rail and maritime workers.

Yet nearly two years past a planned deadline, production of the card, known as the Transportation Worker Identification Credential, has not begun.

Instead, the road to delivering this critical anti-terrorism tool has taken detours to locations, companies and groups often linked to Rep. Harold Rogers, a Kentucky Republican who leads the House Subcommittee on Homeland Security Appropriations.

It is a route that has created jobs in Rogers’ home district and profits for companies that are donors to his political causes.

Rogers, 68, has never been shy about using clout gained over 13 House terms to steer federal dollars to the town of Corbin, Ky.

“Our people will be on the front lines in the war against terrorism worldwide,” Rogers told Corbin leaders in 2003.

Rogers said that any requirements he imposed on the identification card program have been motivated by a desire to end the delays.

I've posted the whole short story. (courtesy link) Original appeared in The New York Times. (no link)