not legal authority. In fact, the 9/11 body scan procedures would inevitably were published and most made law.
Commission recommended and it is law help assure that a proper architecture Too little too late is no longer an
that legal authority for visa revocations is in place to vet the entire person, not excuse. Much was in place prior to
is wide and not challengeable in court. just a body, an ID, or a combination of this administration, and it has been
The State Department had enough watch-lists. Any one of those layers up to President Obama to continue
information and authority to revoke this could be sufficient, but this one was not implementation. That President
terrorist’s visa, but simply failed to do in place. As was said in the 9/11 Final Obama has a second chance is lucky
it. The problem with the visa process is Report, “the job of protection is shared for us all. Let’s hope that whether it is
that even since 9/11, it remains an arm among many defined checkpoints. By by name, or not, the 9/11 Commission
of diplomatic favouring and reciprocity taking advantage of them all, we need recommendations become fully
around the world. Security is of much not depend on any one point in the implemented. We may not be so lucky
lower priority. system to do the whole job.” next time.
On the other hand, those with a There were many opportunities to
security mission, U.S. border personnel stop the 2009 Christmas plot, and The author is a former border
do conduct intelligence and risk all fell through gaps because 9/11 counsel to the 9/11 Commission and
assessments of passenger manifest Commission recommendations were currently serves as National Security
lists backed up by a security mission, not fully implemented, even five Policy Director at the Centre for
but are hamstrung by both the lack years after those recommendations Immigration Studies.
of legal authority to conduct law
enforcement activities overseas and a
“too small” watch-list vetting process
pre-boarding. This is the case even at
international airports such as Schiphol
in Amsterdam, where the United States
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