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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Mar 07 2007
Sensitive jets
I'm not quite certain why those seized F-14 Tomcats had anything to do with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but the internal motions of bureaucracy often leave me baffled. I still can't help but wonder about this particular move. Since immigration issues raise enough flags these these days, wouldn't it have created less hype and been a lot less expensive for the Navy to just quietly buy back the old jets? Now they have me wondering if there was fear that the jets would go to the wrong people, particularly in the case of the one stored at Southern California Logistics Airport. The airport is listed as a U.S. Customs Port of Entry. Maybe that's how ICE got involved in the first place.
The problem with a government mix-up isn't always the mix-up itself. It's the convoluted attempts to clean up and cover the mix-up that makes heads swivel and eyebrows dance.
posted at: 10:11 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
I'm not quite certain why those seized F-14 Tomcats had anything to do with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but the internal motions of bureaucracy often leave me baffled. I still can't help but wonder about this particular move. Since immigration issues raise enough flags these these days, wouldn't it have created less hype and been a lot less expensive for the Navy to just quietly buy back the old jets? Now they have me wondering if there was fear that the jets would go to the wrong people, particularly in the case of the one stored at Southern California Logistics Airport. The airport is listed as a U.S. Customs Port of Entry. Maybe that's how ICE got involved in the first place.
The problem with a government mix-up isn't always the mix-up itself. It's the convoluted attempts to clean up and cover the mix-up that makes heads swivel and eyebrows dance.
posted at: 10:11 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
