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George W. Foresman, the department’s under secretary for preparedness, said the audit misunderstood the purpose of the database, as it was an inventory or catalog of national assets, not a prioritized list of the most critical sites.The database is just one of many sources consulted in deciding antiterrorism grants.
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I think this a crucial point. If this had anything to do with the distribution of anti-terror funding, then the problem is with how the list is used, not that the list exists. Not that I'm trying to defend using resources to compile lists of insignificant trivia, but from the way I read this article and others, this list is merely the source from which the useful lists are generated.
Besides, if this was the basis for making important resource distribution decisions, I'd like to know who read those items and decided to include them. Even in systemic errors, the ultimate fault lies with people.