Monday, September 11, 2006

Are we safer? / Miami Herald, 9 Sep 2006

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/15480347.htm
GREG GORDON, MARISA TAYLOR AND RON HUTCHESON
"The United States has spent billions to improve security since 9/11. The challenge now borders on the impossible: anticipating the terrorists' next move. In the five years since terrorists flew hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Americans have accepted inconvenience, sacrificed personal liberties and paid billions of dollars for a security clampdown that touches virtually every aspect of their lives. And we're still not completely safe. A close examination of the federal government's homeland security effort shows there have been major accomplishments since the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. But it also reveals how vulnerable to a catastrophe the nation remains."