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It's not that Thompson did such a bad job in my opinion. It's more that he did not have the correct answers. This is because he could not answer the question posed to him with confidence and assurance because....the country is not ready for a major biological attack.
He danced around the question, assuring us that there were two million vacinations ready for smallpox. If I was a news reporter I'd be beating on him too. We know there's a whole bunch more people than two million in this country, and further, the two million are alleged to be reserved for the military.
This is why we have news and reporters. To grill the government, hold their feet to the fire. Thompson did not have the goods and at least this citizen could read between the lines.
My big question is: Where the hell is Tom Ridge?
He's supposed to be the head poobah of Homeland Security and it is he that should be getting grilled.