The Domestic Preparedness Program was set up in 1996 to provide funding for the DoD to enhance the capability of federal, state and local responders in incidents nuclear, biological and chemical terrorism. Now, we're almost 18 months into the program. Right now the Preparedness Program is a mess. There are some serious problems with coordination. There are turf battles.
Different agencies are mad at each other.
They're fighting for position. There's a lot of money at stake. You have to look at this bureaucratically. Since the Cold War has ended, terrorism, counter terrorism is one of the few areas of growth in the budget for a national security issue. So people are rushing to the mill if you will, and there's real money available, so there are various conflicts.