Sept. 11 Panel Co-Chair: U.S. Still Unsafe

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http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/1-07222005-517540.html

Sept. 11 Panel Co-Chair: U.S. Still Unsafe
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The vice chairman of the Sept. 11 commission gave the federal government a "mixed grade" Friday on its performance in following through on recommendations the panel made to improve America's security.

"We're getting better at this," said commission co-chairman Lee Hamilton, a former congressman from Indiana. "But we still haven't proved we are safe."

Hamilton, a Democrat, said the series of terrorist attacks in London on July 7, followed by less-serious bombings this week, demonstrated that in the war on terrorism, "the enemy is patient, they are skillful. Sometimes they make mistakes. They're very good at exploiting our vulnerabilities."

Hamilton and Fred Fielding, a former White House counsel who served on the 9/11 commission, said the violence in Britain has heightened their concerns about Bush administation efforts to implement a host of recommendations that their panel made a year ago.

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[DoYouEverWonder]

1. No thanks to them

If they had done their job, maybe we would be a little safer. Do you think?

[wli]

2. if they weren't committing the terrorism themselves

We wouldn't be unsafe.

[Village Idiot]

3. There will be no safety

Until the US learns that it is NOT OK to invade sovereign nations for the purpose of redistributing wealth...

[Javaman]

4. Or supplying marginal nations with weapons or overthrowing...

elected officals, or subverting gov'ts or supplying kill squads to third world dictators, etc, etc...

[leesa]

5. Yes. Perhaps if you had conducted a REAL investigation of 9-11, we

would know who actually pulled it off and BushCo would be in jail by now and not threatening us further.