I think this issue, Katrina and our government’s response to it, should be looked at by an independent commission,

It’s pretty clear that most of this activity was not focused on major natural disasters … and was really focused more on the problems associated with terrorist attacks.

This was the week that the administration discovered the tide wouldn’t come in forever on presidential powers. Partly, that is because so much time has passed without a new attack. And partly, it is because...

The United States is, at the moment, not well prepared to manage an [emergency] evacuation of this sort in the relevant time frame,

Israel is quite important to the US. Europe is not indifferent, but it’s safe to say they care less.

The problem was, who was in charge on 9/11? Who the hell knew? They kept asking and asking. You needed some clarity. It was supposed to pull it all together. ‘¦ But FEMA was grousing...

Anecdotal information of poor or nonexistent security in this sector is overwhelming,

There was a lot of jockeying at the time to try and protect turf.

We are looking at this one videoconference in isolation. I wouldn’t conclude based on this that this was the full extent to his involvement.

From the point of view of protecting the president, we’d rather have nothing out there as regards Air Force One and the security arrangements. If I were still in government, I’d try to get this...

Everything else about the card is perfect for identification purposes. There’s a name, there’s a number, there’s a digital signature. It is in many respects a national ID card even though in the card itself...

A port is where chemical, energy and oil facilities all come together with a large number of people, with quite limited security on the water.

This is going to improve the quality of our identification, which we use at every checkpoint in the country.

Anything in a paragraph marked ‘secret’ needs to be deemed secret, and revealing it to someone without proper security clearance or without a need to know is not authorized and is a violation.

Our country is not so ready to respond to the uber-disasters as we’d like to be, four years after 9/11.

Social Security cards right now are a problem. They’re a very significant breeder-card for other types of identification. It’s very easy to get a Social Security card. Many are issued over and over. There are...