mr. hamilton said at lease began to implement it in the airport situation. i also want to ask you about the program if any of you are familiar with it. that is the transportation worker identification card and in particular may be to our secretary over there. because we have had so many problems putting this together. it is a biometric card. it is a card that is supposed to be read by a reader. there are no readers yet and it is a big problem in particular for people -- for workers who have to go every day and you have to take time away. do you think a mail-in system to review a -- we are almost coming on the fifth year of the renewal of this twit card for our workers and they will be facing some of the same problems they face five years ago when we started into this program of how do i get it, where do i go? do i have to drive two hours and as you know right now it is a flash card rather than a reader card so if you could comment on that. the last and is the issue of the continuity of the congress. in particular as it relates to the house of representatives

mr. hamilton said to at least begin to implement it in the airport situation. i also want to ask about the twit program, transportation worker identification card. are secretary over there. we have had so many problems putting this together. there are no leaders yet. it is a big problem in particular for people -- for workers who have to take time away. do you think a mailing system to renew, we are all those coming on the fifth year of the renewal for many of our workers and they will be facing the same problems as five years ago when we started into this program of how do i get it and where do i go and do i have to drive two hours to pick up and as you know right now is a flash card rather is an air reader card. the continuity of the congress, particularly as it relates to the house of representative we have done nothing to ensure and as you know in the house of representatives if something should happen to majority of us is there would need to the special elections in order to put someone forward and be able to constitute the house back and that might be a l

hamilton to his embarrassment never knew whether mrs. reynolds' attraction for him was real or just a clever con job. he later wrote the variety of shapes which this woman could assume was endless. hamilton keeps furtively slipping off in the night to these assignations with mrs. reynolds even after mr. reynolds, who was this rather coarse character suddenly appears and instead of stopping the adulterous affair between hamilton and his wife mr. reynolds decides it would be more fun to tax it. hamilton begins to fork over blackmail money to this graffitier james -- grifter james reynolds despite the obvious fatal damage this can do to his career not to mention his devoted, long-suffering wife, eliza. one day mrs. reynolds was entertaining a friend named jacob clingman when hamilton comes unexpectedly to the door. even hamilton took certain precautions like always being alone with mrs. reynolds. hamilton is petrified to discover an eyewitness so what does he do? he pretends essimply dropping off a -- he is simply dropping off a message for

mr. hamilton and mr. ridge, what do you think of the secretary not only this current secretary but the previous secretary not -- non-commitment to read meet your request and recommendation of 100% inspection of cargo? >> well, i think again i can't. >> to dan but i truly believe that literally speaking, it is probably physically impossible to do if you really think about the volume of cargo into this country and within each one of those containers they are containers within containers and the like are cohabitants said that, i am familiar with some technology of detection that will enable i think, if it proves to be successl, enable us to get much much closer to reaching that, reaching that goal. again it is managing the risk and are there venues and ports of call around the world through which cargo might go tht we want to make our best efforts to inspect all 100%? i dare say yes. it again it is managing the risk. i am still of the belief that empirically to get to 100% we encourage the research and devel

mr. hamilton?atest, current terrorist threat to the united states is from islamist extremists. whether or not they are part of the core al-qaeda or one of their affiliates or ideologically affiliated, they represent the greatest threat. we've also had the addition of home grown threats. likewise, i think islamic extremists, and i think it's very important that you make a distinction between the islamist terrorists, the extremists and benign islamists, and i think the country's done that very well. i still remember as i thought was an excellent example of what we should do -- i remember president bush soon after 9/11, he went to a mosque and made that point, and i thought it was exactly the right thing to do because he was drawing a distinction between the extremists and the good, if you would, islamists, so i think we have to actively and aggressively counter the range of that ideology that are violent add advocates, and do what we can to remove them. i'm not here to speak for others with regard to

mr. hamilton and mr. governor, what do you think of the previous secretary's and current secretary's noncommitment to meet 100% inspection of cargo? >> well, i think, again, i can't speak to them. i truely believe that it is literally speaking, it is -- it is probably physically impossible to do if you think about the amount of cargo come ing into the country with containers within containers coming into the country. having said that, i'm interested in some technology of detection that will enable, i think, if it proves to be successful, enable us to get much, much closer in reaching that goal. again, it is managing the risk and are there venues and ports of call around the world through which cargo might go that we want to make our best efforts to inspect all 100%? i dare say yes. it's managing the risk. i'm still one that believes as difficult as it may be empirically to get to 100%, we encourage the research and development in detection technology we can get very close to it. >> i do not recall that th

mr. hamilton and mr. ridge, what do you think of the secretary not only this current secretary but the previous secretary not -- non-commitment to read meet your request and recommendation of 100% inspection of cargo? >> well, i think again i can't. >> to dan but i truly believe that literally speaking, it is probably physically impossible to do if you really think about the volume of cargo into this country and within each one of those containers they are containers within containers and the like are cohabitants said that, i am familiar with some technology of detection that will enable i think, if it proves to be successful, enable us to get much much closer to reaching that, reaching that goal. again it is managing the risk and are there venues and ports of call around the world through which cargo might go that we want to make our best efforts to inspect all 100%? i dare say yes. it again it is managing the risk. i am still of the belief that empirically to get to 100% we encourage the research and de

mr. hamilton and mr. ridge, what do you think of the secretary not only this current secretary but the previous secretary not -- non-commitment to read meet your request and recommendation of 100% inspection of cargo? >> well, i think again i can't. >> to dan but i truly believe that literally speaking, it is probably physically impossible to do if you really think about the volume of cargo into this country and within each one of those containers they are containers within containers and the like are cohabitants said that, i am familiar with some technology of detection that will enable i think, if it proves to be successful, enable us to get much much closer to reaching that, reaching that goal. again it is managing the risk and are there venues and ports of call around the world through which cargo might go that we want to make our best efforts to inspect all 100%? i dare say yes. it again it is managing the risk. i am still of the belief that empirically to get to 100% we encourage the research and de

mr. hamilton. how did washington take the french outlook and help in the war to the extent there was any, and how did, how did he accept foreign support during the revolution -- >> how did he accept foreign support, you know, with difficulty. all these french officers who came over during the revolutionary war, many of them came over for very self-interested reasons, you know, they wanted to earn battlefield glory, and can they felt they would then go back to france and get a promotion. and a lot of them couldn't even speak english. and so washington really felt that it was, you know, the bane of his life as commander in chief that he's had to placate all of these french officers who came over. in fact, the story with lafayette is very interesting because lafayette comes over at the age of 19. he quips a ship with -- equips a ship with provisions and munitions. he goes to philadelphia armed with a letter from benjamin franklin and franklin writes to the continental congress, you know, please, peat

mr. shenon recounts the research and drafting of the 9/11 commission report and profiles the commission's members, including its chairman, tom kean, vice chairman lee hamilton. mr. shenon reports that the former ties with the bush administration gave the appearance of a potential conflict of interest throughout the investigation. philip shenon discusses his book with michael duffy, assistant managing editor of "time" magazine. .. >> they had some remarkableeef&÷ the investigators were not there for us. >> while the commission was founded and what it did find? >> guest: it was founded as the assistance of 9/11 families and senator john mccain. they really came together to force the white house and congressional republicans to have an independent investigation of what had gone so wrong before 9/11. how was it possible this attack could have taken place? the central finding was there was an enormous disarray in the federal government dealing with terrorist threats. there were doubts that were not being connected. >> host: the white house opposed the creation of the commission for months. how long was that push back and why were they opposed to its creation? >>

mr. hamilton need no introduction. together, they were the cochairs of the 9/11 commission and co- chair the national security prepared this group. welcome them now. [applause] >> this is a very special occasion for us. this is the first time in a long time so many of us on the commission have been together and we established not only a good working relationship, but a pretty darn good friendship. it is special to have you all back. thank you again for an amazing job. september 11th was that day when violent islamic extremists hijacked four of our commercial planes and turned them into weapons, killing nearly 3000 people and the world changed. these attacks exacted a devastating toll on many, many families. our government, the private- sector and our daily lives are now very different since that day. indeed, it is difficult to comprehend all the ways our nation has changed. the most visible reminder of those changes are the airport screening protocols, being asked to report suspicious activity in public places, drone s

mr. hamilton? >> the question you have poses what can be done? first, we have to put into functioning reality the commission. it is a puzzle to me why that has not been done. i am not sure i'd understand it. president bush supported it. president obama has supported it. but neither has made it work. the very first thing that has to be done is to appoint the remaining three members, get them confirmed by the senate, give them a budget, and let them go to work. the reason that is important is that every argument since 9/11 has one on the security side. 60 people, up with ideas that need to be implemented -- security people come up with ideas and need to be implemented. they can make a very powerful case. it is understandable, i think, why the country has agreed with it most of the way. we have given in the process a lot of power, and a lot of powers of intrusion, by these intelligence groups into the lives and privacy of americans. you very much need a robust board with a lot of power that can push back and make the argument in support of the prote

mr. lee hamilton, vice chair of the 9/11 commission, during the committee on homeland security's hearing, which dealt with looking back 10 years after 9/11, all 72 fusion centers have varying degrees of quality, this results in serious gaps in communication. gaps in sharing such as agency failure to link information about the individual who attempted december 25, 2009 airline coming prevented him from being included into the federal government's terrorist watch list, the tool used by d.h.s. to screen for persons who pose a significant security threat. this week the t.a.o. released a report to the department of homeland security recommending that d.h.s. improve its assistance and services to state and local homeland security partners and streamline some of the information sharing mechanisms. furthermore, in july, 2011, d.h.s. reported that it established performance measures for assessing its information sharing efforts and these measures include, for example, the percent of intelligence reports customers rated as satisfactory, enabling customers to anticipate emergency threats. d.h.s. pla

mr. thomas, do you feel at all comforted by those words from the police department? >> no, not at all. i talk with captain hamiltonpaid administrative leave is ludicrous. does that mean the other four? does that mean all six? it is kind of unclear at this point. so that's why i'm driving it forward to make sure something happens to these other four administratively, at least. i'm not settling for anything here except complete justice for my son. >> and it would be ludicrous to have these officer that are charged with murder and involuntary manslaughter to be on paid leave. they shouldn't be paid at all. >> do you trust that the district attorney's office will thoroughly be able to investigate what indeed happened that night? >> well, i feel very comfortable with it. i've worked with the d.a.'s lead investigator from day one. i think he has done a fantastic job. speaking with him and his staff, i have a lot of confidence in them right now. >> this will be a long ordeal. this trial won't just come around a corner in 60 days. the defendant can make it happen quickly because he has speedy trial rights. we're afraid be

mr. hamilton. how did washington take the french outlook and help in the war to the extent there was any, and how did, how did he accept foreign support during the revolution -- >> how did he accept foreign support, you know, with difficulty. all these french officers who came over during the revolutionary war, many of them came over for very self-interested reasons, you know, they wanted to earn battlefield glory, and can they felt they would then go back to france and get a promotion. and a lot of them couldn't even speak english. and so washington really felt that it was, you know, the bane of his life as commander in chief that he's had to placate all of these french officers who came over. in fact, the story with lafayette is very interesting because lafayette comes over at the age of 19. he quips a ship with -- equips a ship with provisions and munitions. he goes to philadelphia armed with a letter from benjamin franklin and franklin writes to the continental congress, you know, please, peat