I think it should be expanded, especially with this threat of terrorism that is international.
Lester Johnson
The Public Record
That is primarily how we ID'd these individuals, correct, was private cameras, private businesses, and just private citizens?
We have seen an awful lot of abuse here in the Federal Government level of conferences and association meetings.
Do you think that would have been the appropriate thing to do in this case, hold off Mirandizing Dzhokhar, to actually get more information?
When those bombs went off, rather than running away from danger, we saw the citizens of Boston run toward the danger to help out.
I think the major terrorist cities are at or close to that level--New York City, Los Angeles--but others, I think, have to raise their game, have to take this seriously.
I am concerned about civil liberties as well as anybody, but I was certainly hoping there were cameras on the streets that would identify these individuals.
So about 92.5 percent is really State and local government funding, which underscores your point, Dr. Kellermann, that 7.5 percent is Federal Government spending.
Now that I am a Senator, I actually use the Census Web site more than I did as a private citizen.
I do not know that this is a smart thing to do. But if it is not perfect, make it better.
Moving forward, have you established some kind of goal, I mean with the advances in information technology, do you have a goal in terms of productivity gains, actually reducing the cost per household?





