NEW YORK TERROR FUNDS SLASHED - AT 5:41 P.M. ET:  This has far less to do with New York than with the lack of seriousness in the way "anti-terror" funds are allocated in Washington.  They often seem to be dispensed based more on political clout than defense needs.  From CBS:

After facing one of the most serious terror threats since the 9-11 attacks, Department of Homeland Security officials are slashing a big chunk of anti-terror funding to New York City.

Local lawmakers say the cut could put American lives at risk.

Just weeks after Najibullah Zazi was nabbed in an al-Qaida terror plot to explode dirty bombs here, the feds have inexplicably slashed Big Apple terror funding designed to build a network of sensors to uncover nuclear or radioactive devices in a 50 miles radius of the city.

"To me this is beyond comprehension that less than a month after al-Qaida attempted an attack against New York City that you would have the Congress cutting the money that New York City needs to defend itself from a dirty bomb attack. It's absolutely mind-boggling," Rep. Peter King, R-Long Island, told CBS 2 HD on Thursday afternoon.

COMMENT:  Considering what we've spent to bail out banks and provide "stimulus" earmarks to every Dem congressman and senator with a going pulse, cutting anti-terror funds to a prime target is obscene. 

Once again we see the attitude of today's Democratic Party toward defense of the nation.  Harry Truman, wherever he is, must be stunned.

October 10, 2009