This is why I have lost all patience with the morons who think Republicans are better at “keeping us safe:”

U.S. warns of possible Qaeda financial cyber attack

The U.S. government has warned U.S. private financial services of an al Qaeda call for a cyber attack against U.S. online stock trading and banking Web sites beginning Friday, officials said on Thursday.

The officials — a person familiar with the warning and a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security — said the Islamic militant group aimed to penetrate and destroy the databases of the U.S. stock market and banking Web sites.

Top Cyber Security Post Still Unfilled After a Year (WaPo 7/12/06):

One year after the Department of Homeland Security created a high-level post for coordinating U.S. government efforts to deal with attacks on the nation’s critical technological infrastructure, the agency still has not identified a candidate for the job.

On July 13, 2005, as frustration with the Bush administration’s cyber security policy grew on Capitol Hill and Congress appeared poised to force its hand, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced the new assistant-secretary job opening.

This administration is about as serious about protecting Americans as Paris Hilton is about being sober. And about as smart as well.