It's high time we abolish the DHS

Our nation now finds itself at a crossroads when it comes to Constitutional rights and civil liberties. Even Wisconsin Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, one of the primary authors of the 2001 Patriot Act, is now backing away from a law he helped write and pass, and calling for new restrictions on its use in intelligence gathering.

But we need to go even further.

We need to repeal the Patriot Act altogether and end our obsession with "Homeland Security."

Concentration of responsibility becomes concentration of power – and because most of our intelligence and police power has been concentrated in one agency – the DHS - that agency has become way too powerful, with no checks and balances. In effect, it's created an entire surveillance industry around itself, and it's time to shut it down.

http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/thom-hartmann-abolish-homeland-security

I see the pro's and con's of the article. Not sure I'm down with the German comparisons, but what say you? Lets try to keep R/D politics out of this.