Lawmakers call for more steps to thwart terrorist attacks; no suspicion=suspicion?

[The Straight Story]

Lawmakers call for more steps to thwart terrorist attacks

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and ranking member Kit Bond, R-Mo., on Tuesday recommended steps the government should take to help stop terrorists from carrying out deadly plots inside the United States, including requiring airlines to more quickly check the no-fly list and finding a way to regulate informal transfers of money.

"It's clear we're facing a new kind of attacker who's already here, able to hide in plain sight," Feinstein told reporters after her panel was briefed by Obama administration officials on the arrest and interrogation of Faisal Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen charged in the attempted car bombing in New York City's Times Square.

"We need to think about new defenses," she said.


But in a rebuke to Attorney General Eric Holder, Bond said he had not yet seen conclusive evidence that the Pakistani Taliban was behind the attempted bombing. Holder said Sunday the group helped facilitate and direct the May 1 attack.
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Feinstein said both men "are prototypes of people that we may see more of ... which suggests that the individual with no suspicion about him is going to be the individual that may be the new lone wolf of the future in this country."

She said the Homeland Security Department should require airlines to check the U.S. no-fly list every 30 minutes. The department last week began requiring airlines to check the list every two hours, after disclosure that Shahzad was placed on the list but managed to board an airline and nearly escaped to Pakistan.

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. And how many of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission (2004) are still not implemented?

http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/35800.pdf