Is the Government Capable of Tracking Terrorists?

by Melissa Block, NPR

President Bush says the country is safer today than it was before Sept. 11. Timothy Roemer, former member of the 9/11 Commission and former Democratic congressman from Indiana, disagrees. Citing the tenacity and innovation of today's militant groups, he wonders whether the Department of Homeland Security is nimble and dynamic enough to track future threats.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, August 10, 2006