We weren't already doing that?

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Tilting at Windmills - Brief Article

Last month we noted how it had taken the government three years after 9/11 to create a defense command to protect Washington, D.C. Now comes news of three other painfully slow responses to clear danger.

Almost immediately after 9/11, administration critics began to point out the need to protect air cargo from terrorists. Three years and two months later came this report from the AP: "The...