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We learned this is certainly the preparation that boston undertook in november on a terrorist exercise of planning it has saved lives. That is the point that should be made. The Emergency Response thereafter is about as good as it possibly could be ian been restorer confidence. A terrorist attack is traumatized. I was in london for the bombing in 2005 and they missed all the signs of that bombing which is pretty startling but from the moment it took place the ridges to response was firstrate and terrific and restore Public Confidence within 24 hours. When i talk to First Responders in boston the way the would treat irish using Grant Funding from vhs to london 60 wounded they could have easily blood out in the street in they saved everyone and it is truly remarkable. With that i recognize the gentleman from pennsylvania. I feel compelled to respond to the comments to the gentleman from california. It is hypocritical he would extolled the virtues of the Current Administration continuatio
His name is slightly altered, do. Its not, but i have great sympathy for an organization when they go back to an Intelligence Agency and get stiff arm three times in a row i dont know if thats the case, thats my point. I think it is relatively common, but again what it is in this case or in a case there will be cases the fbi closes. How do we spread that responsibility, share that with the state and locals so of the resources can keep an eye on it and how long . Right now the Fusion Centers frankly are not doing a great job of picking that up because we havent told them to do that. The jttf rules make it difficult, not impossible but difficult for the information to be shared so the mayor of new york or ray kelly or ed davis or the Cambridge Police chief can decide, you know what, this is worth my time and energy even if its not worth the fbi. We dont want the fbi making that decision. We want the state and local authorities making that decision because they know if they want to guard