9/11 Panel Leaders Urge Swift Action

[maddezmom]

WASHINGTON - Congress and the White House must swiftly overhaul the nation's intelligence agencies or America will remain susceptible to another deadly terrorist attack, the two leaders of the Sept. 11 commission said Friday.


"We're in danger of just letting things slide," said commission chairman Thomas Kean, a former Republican governor of New Jersey. "We believe unless we implement these recommendations, we're more vulnerable to another terrorist attack."


Kean and the panel's vice chairman, former Democratic Rep. Lee Hamilton of Indiana, told reporters that Congress should get to work immediately upon returning in September from its summer recess and that the next president — either President Bush (news - web sites) or Democratic challenger John Kerry (news - web sites) — must push for the overhaul soon after taking office in January.


"Time is not on our side," Kean said.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=536&e=1&u=/ap/20040723/ap_on_re_us/sept_11_commission

Time for Congress to give up a little vacation time and work OT.

[MikeG]

1. Yeah. They'll get right on it.

[whistle]

2. Swift action, right, congress just called an end to the summer...

...sessions and won't be back now until September. The terrorists can wait until October....surprise!!!!