Can Public Pensions Play a Role in Fighting Terrorism?
The terrorist attacks of 9/11 hold lessons for leaders in government and the private sector, according to former member of Congress and national security expert Tim Roemer. Roemer was the key author of the legislation, in the House of Representatives, to establish the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States. He was later appointed to the Intelligence Committee’s Task Force on Homeland Security and Terrorism. During his general session keynote address, Roemer talked about his service on the bipartisan Joint Inquiry and the report it issued on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. He focused his remarks on several of the Commission’s recommendations. The biggest mistake Americans made before 9/11, Roemer said, “was a failure of imagination. We failed to see an early attack on the World Trade Center as an indication of a threat to the United States. We could not imagine someone flying planes into high-rise buildings or government structures. We could not see
