The Homeland Security department doesn`t have tasking authority in the intelligence community. They can ask for stuff, but they can`t direct anything except inside their bureau.
If we`re going to spend more money, it should go to the soldiers, Marines, and airmen to increase their salaries.
Some Marines made fun of the fact that I had done plays and studied poetry, but then I won the award for physical training.
Publicly, we`re saying we`re better at fighting terrorism. Privately, we know that the bureaucracy has only gotten worse, since the high-level people are scared of being held responsible for 9/11.
Firemen can do almost everything. You already trust them in life-threatening situations; why not let them help you with your everyday problems, too?
We can`t be politically correct - right or left - in the war on terrorism. Period.
I think what Hollywood has done for so long, is make movies for themselves.