Sep. 6, 2007 (LPAC) -- The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report today, finding that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has failed to achieve even half of the 171 goals established to keep America safe when the DHS was created in 2003. The 320-page report concludes that the DHS has "generally achieved" 78 goals, and "generally not achieved" 83, with no determination made on 10. The DHS was furious, issuing a letter to GAO chief David Walker (back on July 20) that the GAO was using a "flawed methodology" for review, and disagreed with 42 of the 171 goal assessments, according to AP.

The GAO, a bi-partisan agency of the Congress, also released a report last week flunking the Administration on its progress in Iraq, finding that only three of 18 benchmarks set by the Congress for the "surge" had been achieved.