9-11 Commission : Like the Energizer Bunny?

The 9-11 Commission: gone but not, the commissioners hope, forgotten. Not content to rest on their laurels, after the Commission "disbanded as a government entity" last year, the 10 commissioners believed so strongly in the need for continued public discussion about terrorism that it formed the 9/11 Discourse Project. So the commissioners keep on ticking, like the Energizer Bunny, although without an official charter. This week, the group started a series of eight public hearings this week called "The Unfinished Agenda" which are designed to assess government progress in implementing Commission recommendations. Why? In the words of Vice Chairman Lee Hamilton: "We are worried about complacency."

Only a few of the 9/11 Commission recommendations have been implemented. Hamilton says that in a year's time he would "like to see all our recommendations adopted."

The schedule:

June 6th - CIA AND FBI REFORM
June 13th - CHALLENGES FACING THE DNI
June 27th - TERRORISM AND WMD
June 28th - SECURING THE HOMELAND
July 11th - CONGRESSIONAL REFORM
July 18th - CIVIL LIBERTIES AND SECURITY
TBA - FOREIGN POLICY
TBA - FOREIGN POLICY II
TBA - Report Card on Implementation & Press Conference with Former Commissioners

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