This page contains excerpts from government reports, signed by elected officials.
Decided Jul 22, 2004
Report: the 9/11 Commission Report
Source: The 9/11 Commission Report, p.387
Recommendation: The U.S. border security system should be integrated into a larger network of screening points that includes our transportation system and access to vital facilities, such as nuclear reactors. The President should direct the Department of Homeland Security to lead the effort to design a comprehensive screening system, addressing common problems and setting common standards with systemwide goals in mind. Extending those standards among other governments could dramatically strengthen America and the world’s collective ability to intercept individuals who pose catastrophic threats.
We advocate a system for screening, not categorical profiling. A screening system looks for particular, identifiable suspects or indicators of risk. It does not involve guesswork about who might be dangerous. It requires frontline border officials who have the tools and resources to establish that people are who they say they are, intercept identifiable suspects, and disrupt terrorist operations.
- Topic: Homeland Security
- Headline: Screen for individual terrorists at borders, no profiling
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Democrats
participating in 04-911-09 |
| Lee Hamilton |
s1s | Indiana Democrat (Until 2004) | |
| Bob Kerrey |
s1s | NE Democratic Challenger (previously Senator) | |
| Tim Roemer |
s1s | Indiana Democrat | |
Republicans
participating in 04-911-09 |
| Slade Gorton |
s1s | WA Republican Senator (Former) | |
| Thomas Kean |
s1s | NJ Former Republican Governor (1982-1989) | |
| James Thompson |
s1s | IL Former Republican Governor (1977-1990) | |
Independents
participating in 04-911-09 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
3
Republicans:
3
Independents:
0 |
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