Six Years after September 11: A 9-11 Commission Progress Report

By Matthew Levitt

Six years after September 11, terrorist attacks still threaten Americans. Although Washington has carried out major reforms to improve its counterterrorism measures, Mike Hurley arges there is a critical lack of urgency on several fronts.

And while the United States has used and should continue to use military power to combat terrorism, military power alone will not defeat the persistent and evolving threat of terrorist threat . America's influence in the world depends on public image and how willing other nations are to cooperate with U.S. initiatives. To achieve security in the long term, the United States needs to improve its image in the world. The best way to do so. argues Chris Kojm, is through economic assistance.

On September 12, 2007, I chaired a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute featuring Michael Hurley and Chris Kojm. Mr. Hurley, recently retired from twenty-five years of service at the CIA, served on the 9-11 Commission as a senior counsel and director of the counterterrorism policy investigation. Mr. Kojm, now a professor of international affairs at George Washington University's Elliott School, is former president of the Public Discourse Project and deputy director of the 9-11 Commission. A rapporteur's summary of their remarks can be found here.

A streaming audio of the event is available here.

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