Pitiful Performance Keeping Us Safe Scored

Administration Receives Poor Grade

On “Biggest Threat Facing This Country”

‘The “biggest threat facing this country is weapons of mass destruction in the hands of a terrorist network,” Bush said during last year’s Presidential debate. “And that’s why proliferation is one of the centerpieces of a multi-prong strategy to make the country safer… And we’ve been effective.”

The 9/11 Public Discourse Project — formerly known as the 9/11 Commission — just released an assessment of Bush’s progress on the issue. Despite his rhetoric, they aren’t impressed:’"

The U.S. score on preventing terrorists from getting WMD’s—a “D.”

Think Progress goes on

'The 9/11 Commission concluded that the administration’s “current efforts fall far short of what we need to do” and recommends President Bush “request the personnel and resources, and provide the domestic and international leadership, to secure all weapons grade nuclear material as soon as possible.” Good idea. ‘"

Maybe if we hadn't blown the budget on goofy tax cuts and other ill-conceived ideas, we could have spent a few bucks trying to make sure nuclear devices aren't smuggled in via Mexican tomatoes.