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...KB: I typically just spend the 11th alone with my daughter, Caroline. We usually just go for a walk, either on the beach or in the woods, and take the dog for a swim. We really don't talk to anyone on the phone. We have a quiet day just for ourselves...
...KB: I only fly when I absolutely have to, and I don't enjoy it. I know how vulnerable our aviation system is, and what you have now is a game of catch-up. If we'd made aviation security a priority, we wouldn't be responding to things, we'd be prepared for them. But until we decide as a nation to care about homeland security and do that, we're always going to be reacting. That's not a good place...
...KB: Sure, we are a little bit safer. But, if you look across the board at how much could have been achieved and how much safer we could be at the present time, you would see that a lot of time has been squandered. That's shameful...
...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 were some solid recommendations in there. For the most part, they've been ignored...
...KB: There's a whole laundry list. We have chemical plants dreadfully insecure. Our ports, our airlines, our aviation system as a whole is not as well protected as it could be. Securing our border. Securing loose nukes. Establishing alternative energy resources. Our consumption of oil is basically handing money to the terrorists. The American people need to be educated about these things, so they will start taking an interest, start to care. I don't see that happening...