FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 10, 2006 CONTACT: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider 202-226-7616 Pelosi On Thwarted Terrorist Bomb Plot Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on terrorist bomb plot thwarted in Britain today: “British authorities are to be commended for disrupting a terrorist plot targeting aircraft headed for the United States. “Today’s news is an urgent reminder that we must make America safer and the world more stable. We must implement the strong recommendations of the independent 9/11 Commission to improve airport security screening at checkpoints.”