Jim Gilmore in The Test of our Times

On Homeland Security: Pre-9-11, Congress sensed terrorism was a rising threat

The Gilmore Commission was the congressionally mandated task force chaired by the former Republican governor of Virginia Jim Gilmore that had just issued a 173-page bipartisan report filled with recommendations that, prior to 9/11, Congress had at least some sense that terrorism was a rising threat. Among the recommendations that the Bush administration develop way to share intelligence gathered domestically and abroad with local, state, and federal agencies--an idea which, as a former governor, I instantly embraced. There was another key aspect to the report: Even as intelligence proliferated and got more and more people involved, safeguards for protecting against abuses, such as unjustified spying on citizens, needed to be developed. Within days, that report and some of its recommendations emerged in a critical debate in Congress and around the country. Source: The Test of our Times, by Tom Ridge, p. 46-47 Sep 1, 2009

The above quotations are from The Test of our Times: America Under Siege...And How We Can Be Safe Again, by Gov. Tom Ridge. Click here for other excerpts from The Test of our Times: America Under Siege...And How We Can Be Safe Again, by Gov. Tom Ridge. Click here for other excerpts by Jim Gilmore. Click here for a profile of Jim Gilmore.
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