Category: News

Correcting the Record on Sept. 11, in Great Detail. The 9/11 commission showed that much of what had been common wisdom about the attacks was wrong. By PHILIP SHENON. [The New York Times > Home Page]

A Trusted Information Network for Homeland Security. The 9/11 Commission report is available in pdf and in book formats. The focus on information sharing begins on page 416 of the pdf document. Here's what the Commission says: “We propose that information be shared horizontally, across new networks that transcend individual agencies. The current system is… Continue reading A Trusted Information Network for Homeland Security

911 search. 911 search: Search engine company Vivisimo shows how it can be useful to restrict search and clustering results to a single document, in this case the 500-page report of the US commission on the September 11 attacks. (The report is available in bookstores, and in PDF on the commission's site, and Jason Kottke… Continue reading 911 search

Congress Plans Special Hearings on Sept. 11 Panel. Moving swiftly on the recommendations of the panel, Congressional leaders announced rare August hearings for legislative changes. By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and PHILIP SHENON. [The New York Times > Home Page]

FAA flaws under Garvey detailed. WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration under then-administrator Jane F. Garvey failed to take steps to protect the nation's air fleet from terrorism before the 2001 attacks and its communications were in disarray on the morning of the hijackings, according to a damaging portrait of the agency painted by the… Continue reading FAA flaws under Garvey detailed

8 fighter jets added to growing security. Eight F-16s will patrol the skies over Boston during the Democratic National Convention, military officials said yesterday, as police and military personnel took positions in unprecedented security precautions in the city. [Boston Globe — Front Page]

The problem with the 9/11 report is that it isn't going to change the lethargic inbred hierarchies at the CIA, DIA, DoD, FBI, etc. As long as these organizations go unchanged, we are going to lose this war. I agree with Anonymous; there isn't any cause for optimism when it comes to our government's effort.… Continue reading The problem with the 9/11 report is that it isn't going to change the
lethargic inbred hierarchies at the CIA, DIA, DoD, FBI, etc. As long as
these organizations go unchanged, we are going to lose this war. I
agree with Anonymous; there isn't any cause for optimism when it comes
to our government's effort. [John Robb's Weblog

A failure of vision. Gen John Keane, Army Vice Chief of Staff (the Army's #2) in testimony before the House Armed Services Committe on July 15th. “The intellectual capital to prepare ourselves properly for an insurgency was not there,” “There were very few people who actually envisioned, honestly, before the war, what we are dealing… Continue reading A failure of vision

NY Daily News: No one to blame. The 9/11 Commission closed its probe yesterday with a final report that identified a breathtaking array of government blind spots – but did not blame a single person for the shortcomings. I picked this story because the headline brings up an important point. If this and the surprise… Continue reading NY Daily News

2 parties halted over picket threats. City convention organizers have canceled two of Mayor Thomas M. Menino's signature convention welcoming parties because delegations from Ohio and Michigan are refusing to cross threatened police picket lines at the events, even with a police union contract set to be announced today. [Boston Globe — Front Page]