NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION v. CHERTOFF

No. CIV.A.05-201(RMC).

385 F.Supp.2d 1 (2005)

NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Michael CHERTOFF, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory O'Duden, Robert H. Shriver, National Treasury Employees Union, Mark D. Roth, American Federation of Government Employees, Susan Tsui Grundmann, National Federation of Federal Employees, Kim D. Mann, National Association of Agriculture Empolyees, Keith R. Bolek, O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Joseph W. Lobue, Susan Kay Rudy, US Department of Justice, Sarah Freitas Waldman, United States Department of Justice Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

COLLYER, District Judge.

The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, elevated to preeminence existing concerns regarding a federal system that diffused the responsibility for domestic security among numerous separate and independent agencies. Because "[t]he United States needs a homeland security establishment that can help prevent catastrophic attacks, mobilize national resources for an enduring...

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