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Though federal officials say there is no corrobation at this point, city still says the subway bombing threat that caused New Yorkers to be even more vigilant than usual (but basically as vigilant right after the London bombings in July) was credible. However, in hopes of making it look like the NYPD and Department of Homeland Security are on the same page, the DHS has said that the Mayor acted prudently in warning New Yorkers. Over the weekend, Gothamist watched a new program with former Police Commissioner Howard Safi, who essentially said the NYPD has its act together and the Department of Homeland Security is a useless agency, which pretty much describes how most people feel about it. Anyway, who needs corroboration when Senator McCain and his big goiter thinks Mayor Bloomberg did the right thing. All of this refocused fear about our subways has Senator Schumer arguing for more federal money to protect subways. Two words: Good luck! It'll take another four years for that to happen!
The Mayor told parents that the subways are safe for children, and he also took the subway uptown last night to see the Yankees beats the Angels. New York magazine has reactions from subway riders about the threats and the Daily News says that business is brisk for psychiatrists. No kidding - buy stock in Atavan!
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Homeland Security is useless. From their response to Katrina to their idiotic color code system (which has quietly been shelved) to the fact that Wyoming gets more anti-terrorism per capita than New York state, they've shown themselves to be this gigantic, inept bureaucratic monster. I'm no apologist for the mayor and the NYPD, but I trust them a whole lot more to protect me than Homeland Security. Notice how Homeland Security's first reaction to the Mayor's announcement of the subway threat was to basically say that they just pass on the information and it's up to the cities to decide what to do with that information.
The mayor was kind of stuck in a bind. What if he had done nothing about the new intelligence and something had happened? He'd forever be blamed. It's better that the NYPD do something and it turns out to be nothing, rather than vice versa.