". . .provide for the common defence"
Peggy Noonan takes a sobering look at our state of readiness nine years after 9/11:
"'The Department is not prepared to fulfill its role . . . to ensure public safety and security in the event of a WMD incident,' says the61-page report. Justice has yet to assign an entity or individual with clear responsibility for oversight or management of WMD response; it has not catalogued its resources in terms of either personnel or equipment;it does not have written plans or checklists in case of a WMD attack. A deputy assistant attorney general for policy and planning is quoted assaying 'it is not clear' who in the department is responsible for handling WMD response. Workers interviewed said the department's operational response program 'lacks leadership and oversight.' An unidentified Justice Department official was quoted: 'We are totally unprepared.' He added. 'Right now, being totally effective would never happen. Everybody would be winging it.'"
Read on .
Thanks, David.
"'The Department is not prepared to fulfill its role . . . to ensure public safety and security in the event of a WMD incident,' says the61-page report. Justice has yet to assign an entity or individual with clear responsibility for oversight or management of WMD response; it has not catalogued its resources in terms of either personnel or equipment;it does not have written plans or checklists in case of a WMD attack. A deputy assistant attorney general for policy and planning is quoted assaying 'it is not clear' who in the department is responsible for handling WMD response. Workers interviewed said the department's operational response program 'lacks leadership and oversight.' An unidentified Justice Department official was quoted: 'We are totally unprepared.' He added. 'Right now, being totally effective would never happen. Everybody would be winging it.'"
Read on .
Thanks, David.
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