| For Immediate Release Sep 12, 2001 |
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(Washington, DC, September 12, 2001) Larry Klayman, Chairman and General Counsel of Judicial Watch, the public interest law firm that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today issued the following statement concerning the horrific terrorist attack on the United States, on a day � September 11, 2001 � that, even more than Pearl Harbor, will live in infamy. �It is now apparent � given the near total lack of security at U.S. airports and elsewhere � that the U.S. government has not been forthright with the American people. During the last eight years of scandal during the Clinton administration, and the first eight months of the Bush Administration, reports this morning confirm that little to nothing was done to secure our nation�s airports and transportation systems as a whole � despite warnings.� �Instead, cosmetic reform of education, social security, taxes, and other less important issues were given precedence. In addition, the American people were lead to believe that appropriate anti-terrorist counter measures were being taken. Instead of telling the truth so the problems could be addressed, politicians painted a rosy picture in order to be elected and re-elected.� �Judicial Watch will use its investigative powers to look into the obvious breach of the people�s trust by a government which should not only have been candid, but also have taken steps to defend them.� �Judicial Watch offers it condolences and sympathy to the dead and wounded, and their families, and prays that the nation will overcome this tragedy,� Klayman added. | |