[malakhi]

"I said to her, 'You must move more quickly on homeland security. An attack is going to happen.'

Wow. With such detailed intelligence, how could the administration have failed to prevent the attack?

[xp38]

That line is being used today...while there may be some degree of higher security now than prior to Sept. 11 2001 it's hard to see a great deal of it at the borders of the USA. At present any measure that might be effective seems to be in the determination of the political classes to be a no go. Certainly it would have been prior to the attacks. Freepers are constantly moaning the US is not doing enough security wise. The US is still sleep walking to a large extent through a fog of PC.