The major thrust of the report of the 9/11 Commission was that we were complacent about the threats posed by terrorists. Unless our leaders actually do something, instead of talking about it, the next commission will come to the same conclusion should a terrorist attack succeed here. And, according to security experts, things have gotten worse in the past seven years.
I do not feel that we can protect ourselves from all attacks. However, we can do more than we are now doing.
For example, we could develop standards for dealing with radioactive materials and nasty germs that can be found in hospitals and labs so that it would be difficult for someone to steal the material. Yes, some labs will ignore any standards; but most will follow them.
We need to figure out a better way to control the existing arsenal of nuclear and biological weapons.
We could adequately fund the plan to put sensors around NYC to detect the presence of nuclear and other hazardous material. It would only take another $10,000,000 which could be taken from the Pentagon's programs to produce obsolete weapons.
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