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Four years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the federal government has failed to enact crucial homeland security reforms that could have saved lives and improved the sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina, according to a new report to be issued today by former members of the Sept. 11 commission.
Local emergency officials are still unable to reliably communicate with one another during disasters, the federal government has no clear system of command and control for responding to a crisis, and authorities have faltered in enacting basic border controls designed to keep out terrorists, according to the report’s findings, which commission members outlined in interviews.
Republican Thomas Kean, the former New Jersey governor who headed the panel that investigated the terrorist attacks, said the bungled response to Katrina laid bare how unprepared the nation remains for a catastrophic event, whether it is another terrorist strike or a natural disaster.
This is why we need independant committees to investigate these matters.
Originally posted by djohnsto77
I disagree. One of the most important duties of Congress is oversight of the Federal government, ....
Originally posted by elderban
Asking the government to set up a panel to investigate the government is like asking Enron to set up a panel to investigate Enron.
Originally posted by jmilici
Why don't someone here put out a call for a research project and have
ATS put together thier own commission. If done properely and submited properely to the right people it might just open the door for a more official commissions.
Originally posted by jmilici
Why don't someone here put out a call for a research project and have
ATS put together thier own commission.
Originally posted by Full Metal
But how to choose an objective commission? The republicans are corrupt and will either plant people or buy people who are originally objective. The democrats will do the same to go after the republicans.