U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said her biggest concern over a recent report card that assesses successes and shortfalls of the federal 9-11 Commission is the nation’s failure to take seriously the problem of homegrown terrorism.
As the ranking Republican on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Collins closely analyzed the 10th anniversary report card submitted by the Bipartisan Policy Center.
“The Homeland Security Committee first sounded the alarm about homegrown terrorism five years ago, during my chairmanship, and has held more than a dozen hearings on the topic,” Collins said in a statement Wednesday. “As the result of our investigations, we learned that some individuals within the United States, in both our prison system and our communities, are being inspired by al-Qaida’s violent Islamist extremism to plan and execute attacks, often acting as ‘lone wolves’ without direct orders from abroad.”
Although the report card lists successes in the 10 years since the worst terrorist attacks in the nation’s history — including improved airline passenger screening and better information-sharing across agencies — it also highlights recommendations that have yet to be implemented.
NOTE: Translation? How dare anyone question the state sanctioned "truth"
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