ON July 22, the 9/11 Commission’s members marked the 10th anniversary of their profound report on the successful 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States with a new and supplementary review of a decade of successes and failures. The commissioners also came out with a new set of recommendations to deal with the changed face of terrorist threats.
As we were in 2004, the 10 members of the commission — five Democrats and five Republicans — were unanimous.
In summary, our government’s response to the threat of terrorist attacks in this country has improved dramatically, and the country is more safe than it was a decade ago. Our two major failures — Fort Hood and the Boston Marathon — while tragic, are in no way comparable to the original 9/11.
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