Thursday, July 2, 2009

Napolitano says some 9/11 terrorists would still get through

Uh, that makes me feel safe. Telegraph

In an interview in London, Janet Napolitano said screening procedures have been improved since the attacks eight years ago, adding: "All but four of the attackers would have been picked up."

But she said: "You can't thermoseal entry to the US. We have to be ever vigilant."[...]

A spokesman said afterwards: "It should be pointed out that the Secretary was talking strictly about the changes in the travel rules since 9/11. Other estimates, when factoring in increased intelligence manpower, suggest the number of hijackers who would have been interrupted would have been even higher, but the point remains: we've come a long way since then, but we can never get complacent."

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