Five Years After 9/11: What Needs to be Done?

On December 4–5, 2006, the Center sponsored a conference in Philadelphia evaluating the country’s progress on counterterrorism since 9/11. Presentations included:

• Clark Kent Ervin, Head of Homeland Security, The Aspen Institute, on “The Status of U.S. Counterterrorism and Homeland Security”
• Commentator: Robert Sica, National Threat Assessment Center, U.S. Secret Service
• The Hon. Timothy Roemer, President, Center for National Policy, on “Terrorism from 9/11 to Today”
• Commentators: Marc Sageman, FPRI Senior Fellow and Principal, Sageman Consulting LLC and Michael Radu, Center co-chair
• Lowell E. (Jake) Jacoby, Keynote Address (text | audio/video)
• Stephen Gale, Center co-chair, and John Piper, Senior Security Consultant, Talisman International LLC, on “Security Risk Management and Investment Decisions” (94K , 17 pages)
• Edward Turzanski, FPRI Senior Fellow, on “The Roles of Federal, State, and Local Agencies”
• Commentator: Jack Tomarchio, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, DHS
• James Powers, Jr., Pennsylvania Director of Homeland Security, on “Philadelphia and Pennsylvania: a Case Study in Homeland Security”