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By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times, published September 17, 2001
U.S. COMMISSION ON NATIONAL SECURITY, 21ST CENTURY, 1ST REPORT, SEPTEMBER 1999: " ... for many years to come, Americans will become increasingly less secure, and much less secure than they now believe themselves to be."
U.S. COMMISSION ON NATIONAL SECURITY, 21ST CENTURY, 2ND REPORT, FEBURARY 2000: "Notwithstanding a growing consensus on the seriousness of the threat to the homeland posed by weapons of mass destruction and disruption, the U.S. government has not adopted homeland security as a primary national security mission." Web site currently unavailable.
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORISM, AUGUST 2000: "Terrorist attacks against America threaten more than the tragic loss of individual lives. Some terrorists hope to provoke a response that undermines our Constitutional system of government." www.access.gpo.gov/nct/
ADVISORY PANEL TO ASSESS DOMESTIC RESPONSE CAPABILITIES FOR TERRORISM INVOLVING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, 1ST ANNUAL REPORT, DECEMBER 1999: "Beyond the potential loss of life and the infliction of wanton casualties, and the structural or environmental damage that might result from such an attack, our civil liberties, our economy and, indeed, our democratic ideals could also be threatened." www.rand.org/organization/nsrd/terrpanel
WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON AVIATION SAFETY AND SECURITY, 1997: "Aviation security has been established as a national security priority. The President has publicly recognized aviation as a major element of our strategy against terrorism." www.dot.gov/affairs/whcexec.htm
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT INTERAGENCY DOMESTIC TERRORISM CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS PLAN, JANUARY 2001: "CONPLAN is designed to provide overall guidance to federal, state and local agencies concerning how the federal government would respond to a potential or actual terrorist threat or incident that occurs in the United States." www.fas.org/irp/threat/conplan.html
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE, SEPTEMBER 2001: "What in the recent past has been some analysts' belief that a comprehensive review of U.S. terrorism policy, organizational structure and preparedness to respond to major terrorists incidents in the United States is needed, has by necessity become a mainstream view." www.house.gov/shays/CRS/CRSPproducts.htm