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Washington, D.C. – 16 August 2004
1. Medium shot of hearing room
2. Wide shot of hearing room
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Washington, D.C. – 16 August 2004
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lee Hamilton, Vice-Chairman 911 Commission:
“TSA is now nearly three years old. It’s done much good work. However, the time for planning to plan is passed. We need specific blueprints to provide the architecture to defend critical transportation infrastructure.”
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Washington, D.C. – 16 August 2004
4. Medium shot of witness table
5. Medium shot of senators
6. Wide shot of audience
7. Close up sideview of witness table
8. Wide shot of hearing room
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Washington, D.C. – 16 August 2004
9. Medium shot of committee members looking at a chart
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Thomas Kean, Chairman, 911 Commission:
“We will find needles in the haystack this way. But we also know that in a free and open society we’re not going to find them all. We always will have some vulnerabilities. The country must understand that and must come to grips with it. We cannot let our focus on prevention stop us from the necessary planning and preparedness to respond if something does happen. If attacked, we must have the capability to respond swiftly, contain the consequences effectively and recover just as soon as possible.”
11. Pan from Committee members to tight shot of witness table
12. Medium shot of Senator John McCain, Republican Arizona
STORYLINE:
The leaders of the 9/11 Commission told a Senate committee on Monday the agency charged with protecting the nation’s transportation system from terrorist attacks has to do more, and it has to do it faster than it has to date.
Commission Vice Chairman Lee Hamilton said the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has moved too slowly to protect the U-S transportation system.
The leaders of the 9/11 commission appeared before the Senate Commerce, Science, Transportation Committee and were highly critical of the track record of the government agency created after the terror attacks to keep the nation’s transportation system safe.
Hamilton said the nation is now nearly three years out from the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, and there are still big holes in the transportation security net.
Hamilton suggested Congress set a firm deadline for solving the problem, and then hold people’s feet to the fire if the deadline is not met.
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