Rudy weighs in on homeland security in the Winter, 2008 edition of City Journal.  I disliked Huckabee's Foreign Affairs article.  It seemed like a Democrat-lite version of we-need-to-work-on-our-relations-around-the-world, ignoring the fact that many of these countries who don't agree with our policies, hold that position to maintain their own positions - trade, economic, diplomatic or other.  Put the two side-by-side and I think you'll agree.

Rudy:

"Getting and keeping federal agencies communicating with one another isn’t enough. An effective homeland security plan also has to establish links to, and make use of, the valuable information collected by the country’s 800,000 state and local law enforcement officers. We should view these officers as counterterrorism resources—“first preventers,” as the Manhattan Institute’s R. P. Eddy calls them. Even beyond uniformed services, people such as DMV clerks, and even everyday citizens, may notice clues that would help law enforcement identify would-be terrorists. It was a clerk at Circuit City, after all, who provided the key tip that enabled federal authorities to stop the Fort Dix plot. (We should also reform liability laws so that individuals who act in good faith, such as those who report suspicious behavior on airplanes, will not get sued for trying to help their fellow citizens. Fortunately, a law authored by Representative Peter King was recently passed to protect Americans who do just that.)"

Thanks, David.