Essentially the way he described it in the debates was that he wants to get rid of a lot of governmental departments because more bureaucracy is inefficient. He used the example of how the FBI and CIA had the intel on the terrorists plotting 9/11 but the gov didn't act, so what do they do? Create a whole new dept in homeland security. It's redundant and just adds more bureaucracy. Now his reasons for getting rid of the IRS are different, obviously, but that's for another post. My understanding about the FBI and CIA is that first and foremost he wants to stop the the sacrifice of personal freedoms and liberties for security, which in my opinion makes sense, as it seems like an oxymoron to continue going down the path we are. He has said he wouldn't get rid of the dept's all together, but there would be drastic makeovers. I imagine they would decrease in size and increase in effeciency. He acknowledged that the President needs intel coming in, but he needs intelligent people within intel depts.
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