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On the recordMay 12, 2009
The 9/11 Commission said that one of the causes of September 11, 2001, was a failure of imagination.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman reflects on the lessons learned from the 9/11 attacks regarding risk assessment.

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