Last May, I contributed to a Center for a New American Security report called “Reforming the Department of Homeland Security.” Authored by former federal prosecutor Carrie Cordero, the report wisely recommended updating DHS’s legislative mandate, developing transparent guidelines for its domestic operations, mandating management changes to facilitate internal oversight, and exercising better congressional oversight.

CNAS’s good advice was not taken, as shown by the long hot summer DHS has endured thus far.