In the area of homeland security, the Bush Administration andCongress should continue to focus on building a national homelandsecurity system that will serve the nation for the long term byenhancing America's ability to thwart terrorists, promotingeconomic growth, and protecting civil liberties and privacy.
Closing the real gaps in U.S. maritime security means focusing the government on stopping terrorists and criminals and focusing the private sector on sensible, reasonable, transparent, and uniformaction that will enhance the security of the global supply chain.Much can be done to improve maritime security without placing undueburdens on maritime commerce.
To assist in prioritizing threats, we must first assess the risks we face and then manage those risks by putting our resources to work in the most effective manner.
Creating a vision of counterterrorism technologies that arepractical and affordable and overmatch the threat of 21st centuryterrorism, implementing initiatives that broaden the market andmake it more predictable and dependable, and developing policiesthat will help to overcome the barriers to innovation are essentialsteps to harnessing technology to the future needs of lawenforcement.