James B. Stewart’s 2002 piece on the September 11th hero Rick Rescorla, who died evacuating one of the World Trade Center towers after they were attacked by Al-Qaeda.
i think, gets the attention of the world to galvanize against this really evil force against mankind. why doesn t it happen though, congressman? i think congress has a role. why doesn t it happen? it s so easy to hear even senator graham saying, hey, we need to do more. the american people want to do more. the president hasn t done enough. a big part of his ability to do more is you guys authorizing it. you haven t. many saw that through a political lens. where is that debate on the floor? why aren t we having this discussion, instead of just on television? chris, i think we should. when we met with white house council earlier, their authorized use of military force was more restrictive than the current authority after 200 2001 9/11. what we want to do is give the president and the military a more expanded authorized use of military force by congress to
it acceptable or does it invade your privacy. that s 62%. how do you strike the balance between the security question and the privacy question. it s a question we ll need to ask forever because the nature of telecommunications in the form of electronics has changed how we communicate. that is a question we are going to continue to ask and probe forever. that s why they need to be transparent to tell us how, when and why they are doing these things. bill: robert mueller said had we had this program in 2001 9/11 wouldn t have happened. do you agree with that. i m not certain. bill: tom ridge out of washington, d.c. martha: the nsa collecting metadata from millions of americans. now there are new concerns the data collecting could be used