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Kean Slams US Security Effort Since 9/11

Americans are no safer, says commission head; foreign policy a disaster

By Zach Samalin,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 9, 2007 3:05 PM CDT

(Newser) – Six years after 9/11 and three years after the 9/11 Commission report, commission chairman Thomas Kean assesses the nation's progress in protecting itself against the threat of terrorism.  On the domestic front, our defenses are better, he writes in the Washington Post., but internationally we have lost ground to a "rising tide of radicalization" that the war in Iraq has helped foster. 

"The enduring threat is not Osama bin Laden but young Muslims with no jobs and no hope, who are angry with their own governments and increasingly see the United States as an enemy of Islam," he concludes.  Kean calls for greater sensitivity to Arab world public opinion, and variety in the "tools of US power," aiming to bring Muslim and Western values closer together.

11 Commission Reports On Implimentation Of Its Recommendations
11 Commission Reports On Implimentation Of Its Recommendations   (Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC -- Former Gov. Thomas Kean
WASHINGTON, DC -- Former Gov. Thomas Kean   (KRT Photos)
WASHINGTON, DC -- Thomas H. Kean, chairman of the commission investigating the terrorist attacks on the U.S. in September 2001, listens to testimony on Thursday, June 17, 2004.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Thomas H. Kean, chairman of the commission investigating the terrorist attacks on the U.S. in September 2001, listens to testimony on Thursday, June 17, 2004.   (KRT Photos)
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