Daily Threat Assessment

AGAINST US

CONGRESS WITHHOLDS $1.15 BILLION IN PROMISED AID TO HAITI

With Hurricane Tomas threatening flash floods and mudslides, a recent cholera outbreak killing hundreds and sickening thousands, and 1.3 million people still homeless in and around Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince, Congress still won't provide reconstruction aid until U.S. lawmakers are assured funds will be allocated properly. That's a valid concern, but it's been 10 months since the quake, and now Congress? inaction to tragically increase the suffering those dollars were meant to alleviate. Nov. 05