Lee Hamilton: “You need some counterpressure, some pushback to the security agencies which press for more and more power.”

Look, this is another no-brainer. The people of responsibility at the scene of a disaster must have the ability to communicate with one another, not just verbally, but exchanging all kinds of data and information that can be helpful to the…

I think all the members of the Commission felt that you needed a robust civil liberties board to push back.

You know your community better than the DHS Secretary or the President or anybody else.

I think the 1982 act makes it clear with this polluter-pays concept behind it, that that is to be the funding mechanism to ensure that all costs of disposing of commercial fuel will be paid.