Chairman Thompson Writes Obama on Terror Attack
Monday, January 11, 2010
January 11, 2010 (WASHINGTON) - Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to President Barack Obama detailing the problems with our national security infrastructure which need to be addressed and reformed following the terrorist attack on December 25. A link to the letter is below.
Chairman Thompson released the following statement with the letter:
“To achieve success in keeping the homeland secure we must bring to bear sufficient resources and energy to better the watchlisting process, ensure information sharing and improve intelligence analysis, and adopt better screening technologies. While no system can be perfect, we must create a layered security approach to ensure we have the best infrastructure in place to counter the threat of terror.”
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