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Wasted Lessons of 9/11: How The Bush Administration Ignored the Law and Squandered Its Opportunities to Make Our Country Safer

By Karina

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Today, the Chairmen of the Committees on Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs issued a report entitled “Wasted Lessons of 9/11: How The Bush Administration Ignored the Law and Squandered Its Opportunities to Make Our Country Safer,” which examines the record of the Bush Administration over the last year in implementing some of the key provisions of this critical law:

As this report demonstrates, the Bush Administration has not delivered on myriad critical homeland security and national security mandates set forth in the ?Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007.? Democratic Members of the Committees are alarmed that the Bush Administration has not made more progress on implementing these key provisions. Without them, the Administration has failed to provide the American people the security they expect and deserve. This report is intended as a wake-up call to the Bush Administration. In the short time left in office, the President should redouble his efforts to make America more secure by acting expeditiously to make progress.

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A status update on the Bush Administration?s performance on these key provisions:

PROVISION OF THE 9/11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS ACT (P.L. 110-53)	STATUS UPDATE
Aviation Security: Advanced Passenger Prescreening System (Sec. 1605)	Plan transmitted but little progress on the program
Aviation Security: Screening of Air Cargo Aboard Passenger Aircraft (Sec. 1602)	Missed opportunities
Aviation Security: General Aviation Security (Sec. 1617)	Failure to take action
Rail & Public Transportation Security: National Strategy for Public Transportation Security (Sec. 1404) and Security Assessments and Plans (Sec. 1405)	Incomplete, putting public transportation at risk
Rail & Public Transportation Security: Public Transportation Security Training Program (Sec. 1408), Railroad Security Training Program (Sec. 1517), and Over-the-Road Bus Security Training Program. (Sec. 1534)	Missed opportunities
Rail & Public Transportation Security: Railroad Transportation Security Risk Assessment and National Strategy (Sec. 1511)	Incomplete; limited progress
Port Security: Maritime Cargo Security (Sec. 1701)	No progress
Border Security: Modernizing the Visa Waiver Program (Sec. 711)	Initial steps taken but significant implementation challenges remain
Information Sharing: Department of Homeland Security State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Program (Sec. 511)	Failure to take action
Information Sharing: Homeland Security Grants For Intelligence Analysts (Sec. 101)	Acted in a manner inconsistent with the intent of the provision
Privacy and Civil Liberties: Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007 (Sec. 804)	Some progress but required reports have not been submitted
Emergency Response: Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program (Sec. 301)	Delivery of key plan late; risks delays in grants
Emergency Response: Credentialing and Typing (Sec. 408)	No progress
Biosurveillance: National Biosurveillance Integration Center (Sec. 1101)	Initial steps taken but little progress
Private Sector Preparedness: Private Sector Preparedness (Sec. 901).	Limited progress
Private Sector Preparedness: National Asset Database (Sec. 1001)	Some progress but little use of the National Asset Database
National Security: Interdicting Weapons of Mass Destruction (Sec. 1821)	Failure to take action
National Security: Coordinating U.S. Nonproliferation Programs (Sec. 1841)	Failure to take action
National Security: International Muslim Youth Opportunity Fund (Sec. 2012)	Failure to take action
National Security: Establishment of a Middle East Foundation (Sec. 2021)	Missed opportunities
National Security: United States Policy Towards Detainees (Sec. 2033)	Progress is slow and uncertain
National Security: Strategy For the United States Relationship with Pakistan (Sec. 2042)	Lack of comprehensive strategy yields disastrous results
National Security: Strategy for the United States Relationship with Afghanistan (Sec. 2041)	Still diverted from the crisis in Afghanistan
National Security: United States Policy Towards Saudi Arabia (Sec. 2043)	Progress is slow and uncertain
National Security: Advancing Democracy Around The World (Title XXI)	Key elements unmet