Open Target: Where America Is Vulnerable to Attack
Books / Hardcover
Books › Political Science › Terrorism
ISBN: 1403972885 / Publisher: St. Martin's Press, May 2006
Former Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security blows the whistle on the profound failures of the DHS to protect Americans from future terrorist attacks
Read More
Based on his first-hand experiences and observations of how the Department of Homeland Security is failing to make America safe, Ervin shows the real threats we face--from nuclear attack to homegrown terrorism. Pushed out by the White House for refusing to sugarcoat its failures, Ervin candidly discusses the circumstances of his departure. He takes the reader inside the decision-making councils of this newest department of the U.S. government, and shows how his team's prescriptions for urgent change wereignored--leaving the US vulnerable to another terrorist attack.--From publisher description.A former official of the Department of Homeland Security charges the department with failing to protect Americans, revealing how he was forced to leave his office after refusing to misrepresent the truth about the nation's ongoing vulnerability.
Read Less