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The Family Steering Committee for the 9/11
Independent Commission
Statement Regarding the Final Report
July 20,
2004
Since December of 2002, and the passage of
Public Law 107-306, the Family Steering Committee has scrupulously followed the
course of the 9/11 Commission. In fact, from the Commission's very
inception, the FSC sought to maintain a close working relationship with the
Commission by providing it with our documented research, along with the
questions it generated, and by communicating our concerns about the progress of
the investigation.
While we believe
that our concerns were acknowledged, we had also hoped that more of our
questions and those of the American public would be fully addressed during the
public hearings, or at the very least, discussed in the prepared staff
statements. Yet today, many of our collective questions remain unanswered.
(NOTE: Our questions are posted at www.911independentcommission.org.)
These questions must be comprehensively addressed and
clearly answered by the Commission in the final report so that everyone is able
to understand and assess our nation's past and current security policies,
protocols and procedures. Our objective has always been to better protect
and defend our nation from the ongoing threat of terrorism.
Although we
have made some progress since September 11th, preliminary 9/11 Commission
reports and witness testimony illustrate that we remain vulnerable and at great
risk of a future attack. Many of the deadly mistakes and failures that
contributed to the terrorists� success on 9/11 have yet to be corrected.
The "vital dialogue and debate" that our elected leaders espoused
has been cast aside because of election year politics. The vulnerabilities in
our security network cannot be rectified until they have been identified through
a process in which issues are thoroughly examined, witnesses are fully
questioned, accountability is wholly assigned and sound conclusions are
ultimately drawn. It is only after this vetting process that we - the American
people - can be confident that critically important changes and reforms will be
expeditiously implemented.
While there were great acts of heroism
performed by many people on 9/11, there were also colossal systemic failures
that occurred. Many of these failures can be attributed to government agencies
and institutions whose very responsibility it was to keep New York City,
Washington, D.C., airline passengers and the rest of America safe. And,
while a thorough examination of these types of failures might prove politically
uncomfortable for some, the nation must have the courage to withstand
constructive criticism so that we can fix these problems, as they continue to
plague our national security apparatus to this very day.
There is much
work that remains to be done, and it is our hope that the Commission's final
report will serve as a guide for our elected leaders to the areas and issues
that must be addressed, assessed and reformed. We do not want the
recommendations and findings of this report to sit idly on a shelf until after
the next attack - to do so would be to dishonor and defile the memories of our
loved ones. We look forward to working cooperatively with the Commission
and government officials towards this end.
Finally, because of the
political environment in which this report will be issued, we respectfully
request that discussion of its findings and recommendations transcend partisan,
election-year politics. We call upon President Bush and Congress to expedite
implementation of the needed reforms in order to ensure the security of our
great nation. Time is of the essence.
The Family
Steering Committee
Carol Ashley, Mother of Janice Ashley, 25
Bill Harvey, Widower of Sara Manley Harvey, 31
Kristen
Breitweiser, Widow of Ronald Breitweiser, 39
Patty Casazza,
Widow of John F. Casazza, 38
Beverly Eckert, Widow of Sean Rooney,
50
Mary Fetchet, Mother of Bradley James Fetchet,
24
Monica Gabrielle, Widow of Richard Gabrielle,
50
Mindy Kleinberg, Widow of Alan Kleinberg, 39
Carie
Lemack, Daughter of Judy Larocque, 50
Sally Regenhard, Mother
of Christian Michael Otto Regenhard, 28
Lorie Van Auken, Widow of
Kenneth Van Auken, 47
Robin Wiener, Sister of Jeffrey Wiener, 33
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