"I would argue that our government has become almost obsessed with secrecy. And frankly, I don't think it's necessarily just for national security. I think it's an issue of control." – The Washington Post reporter Robert O'Harrow, Jr.

In an investigation that began with a tip from legendary Post reporter (now assistant managing editor) Bob Woodward and included a highly sensitive internal government document, veteran investigative reporters Scott Higham and Robert O'Harrow, Jr. uncovered case after case of failed programs and mismanagement of taxpayers' money by the Department of Homeland Security in its post-9/11 sprint to tighten national security.

Read The Washington Post's original reporting on "The High Price of Homeland Security" and Higham and O'Harrow's more recent coverage of politics in the General Services Administration (GSA).