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We wondered, "What will it take to make us feel safe?" Readers relied on history and personal experience to suggest revisions to foreign policy, airline security and relations with Muslims in the West. Some skeptics dismissed the recent events in London as nothing more than smoke and mirrors Your article...
In the five years since Kristin Breitweiser watched her husband die in the World Trade Center on television, the onetime New Jersey housewife has transformed herself into a vocal political activist. In Wake-Up Call: The Political Education of a 9/11 Widow, a new book out this week, Breitweiser, 35...
TIME: You are one of the 9/11 widows, nicknamed the "Jersey Girls," who strongly advocated for an independent investigation into what allowed the World Trade Center attacks to take place. Did the subsequent 9/11 commission and its report improve our national security?
KB: It's very frustrating. We fought very hard for the commission to learn lessons and fix the problems that occurred and hold people accountable so that going forward, lives would be saved when we were attacked again. Yes, its final report is not the most complete accounting, but there...
KB: The reason why I take issue with Cheney is that when we were fighting for the commission, whether it was more funding, better access to documents, many times the Vice President was behind the scenes, thwarting those efforts. My problem is why he would have been against transparency and...