perfidy

According to Knight-Ridder (Michael, I sense danger!), all documents relating to the Department of Homeland Security's involvement in the search for the fugitive Texas legislators last week have been destroyed.

Right. Because the legislators were terrorists. And because what state lawmakers do is the business of the Federal Government. Right. From the article:

One day before Democrats ended their boycott of the Texas House last week, the Texas Department of Public Safety ordered the destruction of all records and photos gathered in the search for them, documents obtained Tuesday show.
A one-sentence order sent by e-mail on the morning of May 14 was apparently carried out, a DPS spokesman said Tuesday. The revelation comes as federal authorities are investigating how a division of the federal Homeland Security Department was dragged into the hunt for the missing Democrats - at the request of the state police agency.
Addressed to "Captains," the order said: "Any notes, correspondence, photos, etc. that were obtained pursuant to the absconded House of Representative members shall be destroyed immediately. No copies are to be kept.

The piece also covers Tom Ridge's defense of the DHS involvement: "We thought it was very appropriate, based on the multiple inquiries that we received from members of Congress, that we deploy the means with which Congress has given us, and that's an inspector-general within our department."

Right. Because there was terror or something. And Congress asked you to.

Jackasses.