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On the recordJune 18, 2006
We are not nearly as robust in this area as we need to be. We could have had a major catastrophe on our hands.
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Jacob Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Bennie Thompson discusses the inadequacies in security measures for mass transit systems in the context of potential terrorist attacks.

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