Nearly seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the United States has not yet come up with a "coherent plan of action" to fight terrorism, Sen. Russ Feingold said Monday during a speech at the New America Foundation.

"Instead, we remain mired in and distracted politically and financially by Iraq," Feingold told the audience. "As a consequence, many of the same serious problems that made us vulnerable to al Qaeda’s attack -- in strategic planning, institutional readiness and allocation of resources -- still remain."...

Feingold addressed the Washington think tank as the Senate is set to vote on a measure this week that would allow the federal government to tap telephone calls and e-mails between the United States and foreign countries. The bill also would allow federal courts to waive existing lawsuits against third parties that assisted President Bush’s warrantless surveillance program....LINK

Further information and the New America Foundation event video: http://www.newamerica.net/events/2008/confronting_foreign_intelligence_and_information_gaps

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