House Intelligence Committee leaders announced on Thursday, the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, that they agreed to launch a review of the 9/11 commission report’s recommendations and how they’ve been implemented.
Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) are co-chairing the review, which will evaluate the progress the United States has made on the intelligence-related recommendations made in the National Commission on the Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States in the 9/11 commission report.
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The review panel will hold public and closed hearings and briefings over the next year, with the goal of releasing its own report before the 25th anniversary of the attacks.
It will also look into how well equipped the intelligence community is to counter threats the U.S. could face over the next 25 years. The U.S. is currently facing vastly different threats than those from the global war on terror. Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Wednesday that even famed novelist Tom Clancy couldn’t predict the threats the U.S. faces daily in today’s environment.
In a statement, House Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford (R-AR) said, “The attacks on 9/11 fundamentally altered the security posture of the United States and the way we engage in the world. In the dark days following the devastating attack on U.S. soil, we watched Americans come together in unimaginable ways and we pledged never again to allow a failure of intelligence to compromise our national security.”
The commission created the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which is meant to integrate foreign, military, and domestic intelligence. Current Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has announced a significant reduction in force and, thus, in spending.
Ranking member Jim Himes (D-CT) said, “Twenty-four years later, we continue to honor the victims by doing all in our power to prevent future attacks and keep Americans safe. In the years following the attacks, the Intelligence Community underwent substantial reorganization. I look forward to a rigorous bipartisan review of the intelligence community’s progress since 2001, and the opportunity to identify additional areas for improvement.”