Is it true that bureaucrats capitalized on the tragedies of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina to squeeze through (policy changes) in the guise of homeland security.

Due to Congressional tendencies to focus on increasing power, influence, and resources for their home state, the opportunities to protect American infrastructure, change inept government bureaucracies, or remove outdated legislation were squandered.

In the absence of risk management lawmakers tend to default to reactionary legislation, decisions based on shared misconceptions, or poor tradeoffs with competing concerns which may bring favor from constituents