D.C. at Low Risk Of Attack, Says Federal Agency:

"Department officials have declined to release a list of risk scores for the jurisdictions vying for funding under its grant programs. The department has also declined to release information about the review panels, made up of law enforcement and homeland security officials from 47 states, whose recommendations were used in making decisions."

This sounds mysterious and lacking in transparancy. Why do they need experts from 47 states? What do these "peers" get out of the UASI program? What about Los Angeles? What are the monuments and financial institutions in Wyoming or Rhode Island? It's shocking the incompetence of the Bush Administration again.