In the view of the author the War on Terror is being used to justify a hugeexpansion of government powers and spending but funds allocated for homelandsecurity ... » 

In the view of the author the War on Terror is being used to justify a hugeexpansion of government powers and spending but funds allocated for homelandsecurity are often for programs far removed from anything that might be termed_defense_ or _security._ In Homeland Security Scams James T. Bennett showsthat this government spending is doing very little to make us safer but agreat deal to make us poorer less free and more dependent on the federalgovernment. He sternly warns that the War on Terror is also a War on Privacyand a War on Liberty. «