Originally published December 27 2005
Government analyst criticizes U.S. for absence of criteria on which to judge the success of the war on terror
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Raphael Perl authored an internal report made by the Congressional Research Service, which states that the U.S. has no system of measurement by which to gauge the effectiveness or the results of the war on terror.
The Bush administration's yardsticks for progress in its fight against terrorism are inadequate and do not show whether the United States is winning or losing, a study by a congressional think tank says.
"Although four years have gone by since Sept. 11, government agencies have still not agreed on criteria to measure progress against terrorism, even though billions of dollars have been spent," said Raphael Perl, author of the internal report by the Congressional Research Service.
A copy of Perl's study, which was made available to congressional officials on Friday when Congress was closed for the Thanksgiving holiday, was obtained by Reuters on Monday.
But the study said the rising costs of anti-terrorism efforts had become an increasing problem, with billions of dollars being spent on steps such as developing new technologies and beefing up security staffing without methods to check if they are cost-effective.
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