Hindsight in Lieu of Foresight: Corruption Among Border Officials was Foreseeable, Preventable

"Gosh, how could anyone have predicted this outcome? Unless, of course, they read this Grits post when the Bush-era hiring expansion was launched, in which this blog argued: Seriously - if you were a cartel leader, wouldn't you be manufacturing phony ID papers and sending in your lieutenants to apply for these slots as quick as you could? And do you think the Bush Homeland Security department will handle vetting 10,000 new agents any more competently than, say, the response to Hurrcane Katrina?"