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Homeland Security blows $16m prepping for apocalypse | The Register

This invites one to wonder if these drills, enacted at the expense of $16m, will amount to more than a confidence-building exercise designed to give everyone involved a sense of well-being and accomplishment, and to provide Washington TOPOFFs with plenty of fodder for cheery, can-do-spirited press conferences later this week.

Pretty much sums up the well written, detailed article.