Wasted Lessons of 9/11: How the Bush Administration has Ingnored the Law and Squandored Its Opportunities to Make our Country Safer   [open pdf - 982KB]

This report analyzes the steps taken by the Bush Administration to carry out the provisions of the Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007. The report focuses specifically on the administration's performance with respect to key statutory requirements in the following areas: (1), aviation security; (2) rail and public transportation security; (3) port security; (4) border security; (5) information sharing; (6) privacy and civil liberties; (7) emergency response; (8) biosurveillance; (9) private sector preparedness; and (10) national security. The report concludes that the Bush Administration has not delivered on myriad critical homeland and national security mandates set forth in the Act.