Elite “Security”

Since [Ky. Rep. Harold] Rogers became chairman of the House Appropriations homeland security subcommittee in 2003, the Homeland Security Department's science and technology division has given at least $34 million to the hometown institute and the consortium of Kentucky schools. That compares with $18 million the division gave to a Texas A&M University consortium, $15 million each to a Johns Hopkins University consortium and a University of Minnesota consortium, and $12 million each to a University of Southern California consortium and a University of Maryland consortium, according to figures supplied by Homeland Security Department spokesman Russ Knocke.

Scott Higham and Robert O'Harrow Jr., “The Quest for Hometown Security,” Washington Post, 12/25/05.