Remembering the 9/11 Attacks 3

Matt Welch | September 11, 2009

Reason has a long and rich archive on all things relating to Sept. 11, terrorism, homeland security, and so on. I'll highlight just one: Contributing Editor Veronique de Rugy's "Are We Ready for the Next 9/11?" from March 2006.

On a related note, a Jack Shafer Tweet alerts us to this California Watch investigative journalism project entitled "Homeland Security Marked By Waste, Lack of Oversight." Here's how it starts:

Soon after hijackers obliterated the World Trade Center towers eight years ago, Marin County received more than $100,000 in surveillance equipment to keep its water treatment system safe from a terrorist attack.

But four years after the funds were awarded, state authorities found more than $67,000 worth of the gear still boxed in its original packaging.

It had never been used.

The rest of the homeland security money went toward an alarm system to protect remote tank and pump sites. Because of the region’s hilly terrain, the system didn't even work.

The Marin County example is not an isolated one.

Whole thing here.

Comments

Chris |9.11.09 @ 10:05AM|#

Government money being spent foolishly in California? How unexpected...

|9.11.09 @ 10:11AM|#

It's like 9/11 times a hundred.



(That's 91,100.)

affenkopf|9.11.09 @ 10:20AM|#

And the Onion is once again the only newssource with a decent tribute: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/americans_observing_9_11_by?utm_source=a-section

|9.11.09 @ 10:25AM|#

No, it's not. It's 900/11 or approximately 81.82.

OBL|9.11.09 @ 10:29AM|#

Just as I planned!

|9.11.09 @ 10:34AM|#

Here's another good article on 9/11:

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=213

|9.11.09 @ 11:10AM|#

A great example of 9/11 failed security is the NYC subway surveillance system.

Lockheed martin sued to get out of the contract. The MTA has filed a countersuit.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/nyregion/29mta.html?_r=1

jtuf|9.11.09 @ 11:43AM|#

My old satchel had two compartment next to each other. I've had to open it up dozens of times for security officers to look inside when I entered public bulidings. Not once have any of them noticed the second compartment, much less ask me to open it up for inspection.

|9.11.09 @ 5:39PM|#

Of course, the stimulus will never waste money. This time it's different!