Opinion: Mission creep at the Department of Homeland Security threatens liberty and free speech
George W. Bush broke the country.
“The changing nature of the threats facing America requires a new government structure to protect against invisible enemies that can strike with a wide variety of weapons,” the 29-page proposal stated. “Today no one single government agency has homeland security as its primary mission. In fact, responsibilities for homeland security are dispersed among more than 100 different government organizations.” That last sentence was underlined for emphasis.
On Oct. 31, The Intercept published an investigative report on how the Department of Homeland Security is “quietly broadening its efforts to curb speech it considers dangerous.” The government can’t pass judgment on the content of speech and arrange to have it censored. The Constitution does not allow the Department of Homeland Security to decide that some people’s words or illustrations or savagely funny jokes are a danger to the homeland and therefore must be removed from the public square. People in the United States have the right to criticize and contradict the government without having DHS open a file on them.
In February of this year, Microsoft executive Matt Masterson, formerly a DHS official, texted DHS director Jen Easterly to whine that tech platforms were reluctant to play ball. “Platforms have got to get comfortable with gov’t,” he wrote, “It’s really interesting how hesitant they remain.”
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