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December 3, 2005

U.S. to receive Unsatisfactory Security Report Card

CNN: Members of the former September 11 commission said the government should receive a dismal grade for its lack of urgency in enacting strong security measures to prevent terror attacks.
- Police, firefighters, medics and other first responders still lack interconnected radio systems letting them communicate with each other during emergencies. Responders from different agencies at the World Trade Center were unable to coordinate rescues -- or receive information that could have saved their own lives -- on 9/11.
- Both the Bush administration and Congress have continued to distribute security funding to states without aiming most money at high-risk communities. The Homeland Security Department gave $2.5 billion in grants to states and 50 high-risk cities last year, but some rural states, like Wyoming, received more money per resident than terror targets like New York.

Cindy

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Brain matter deposited by: Kat on December 8, 2005 9:07 AM