The status quo failed us. Reform is an urgent matter, and reform must not wait until the next attack.
More Quotes from Lee Hamilton:
It's very disappointing, and even depressing, to see that four years after 911 we have not done many of things we should have done to get ready for a disaster. Things are moving, but they're just moving slowly.Lee Hamilton
Congress is not working hard enough at the business of legislating. They do work hard at politicking and spend a huge amount of time raising money.
Lee Hamilton
When I get on an airplane, I am less worried about the passengers than what is going into the hole below. I worry about containers being shipped into this country. I worry more about rail security than I do air security.
Lee Hamilton
Our sense is that the commission supports reform of the intelligence community, but we have come to no judgment about the nature of reform that we will recommend.
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What struck me after Katrina was we were not as safe as I thought we were,
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Some 18 months after that terrifying day, we still have no comprehensive analysis of 911, no authoritative record of the many forces that led to the attacks, no definitive narrative of the events of the day.
Lee Hamilton
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