highly political levels, people have refused to take them as seriously as this day in a case they should ve. exactly right. in their report, senator rodman, spoke to him earlier today, he and gary her another former senator had a panel commission they warned that the nation s defense, here at home, not overseas, is the greatest vulnerability. that was in february and march. not much has been done. the bureaucracy moved so slowly, and after the 1998 bombings, tom, americas embassies were not greatly enhanced in their security. partially, but congress rejected immense by two secretaries of state to beef up security to him a much greater level overseas. thank you very much. nbc s andrea mitchell. the united states, one so powerful and so innocent in its worldview, in so many ways. let s go to our pentagon correspondent now. jim lefty. jim, you have some information for us about why these