Positions and Views of Erskine B. Bowles
on Security & Terrorism
| Previous Candidate for US Senate, North Carolina |
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| Security & Terrorism |
Positions and Views |
| Making Our Homeland More Secure |
Almost three years after September 11th, America still has not done nearly enough to protect our citizens against future terrorist attack. That is why I am proposing a plan to "Protect America First."
I have been concerned about terrorist attacks since I served in the White House. We had not reviewed our homeland security policy since Harry Truman was president, and it was clear to me that the threat to the United States had changed drastically since then. In 1998, I was one of the first people in the Administration to call for a national commission to study the threat of terrorism. That led to the Hart-Rudman Commission, whose final report proposed a Department of Homeland Security a few months before September 11th.
This plan will make North Carolina and the rest of the country more secure by taking three critical steps. Specifically, this plan will:
1. Protect our most vulnerable potential targets, such as our ports, nuclear facilities and chemical plants, our electricity grid and public transportation;
2. Prevent future attacks by securing our borders and limiting shipments of dangerous materials, such as bomb-grade, highly-enriched uranium; and
3. Provide our front-line defenders - our police, firefighters and all emergency
personnel with the resources they will need to respond to a terrorist threat in a coordinated, effective manner.
Source: Candidate Website (10/02/2004) |
| Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission |
Yes.
Source: Candidate Website (10/02/2004) |
| Local First Responders |
Yes, and my plan will provide them with the resources they need.
Source: Candidate Website (10/02/2004) |
| These are available issue topics for which there were no responses. |
| Homeland Security, a General Statement |
| Iraq War's Impact on National Security |
| Al-Qaeda |
| USA Patriot Act |
| National Security Agency (NSA) Examinining Domestic Phone Records |
| Radical Fundamentalism |
| Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| Bioterrorism |
| Department of Homeland Security (DHS) |
| National Guard in the Department of Homeland Security vs. Defense |
| Intelligence |
| Domestic Intelligence Agencies |
| NSA Surveillance of Citizens |
| Color-Coded Warning System |
| Air Security |
| Port Security |
| Rail Security |
| Hazardous Materials Security |
| Cybersecurity |
| Spent Nuclear Fuel |
| Drinking Water Security |
| Evacuation Preparedness |
| War on Terror, a General Statement |
| War on Terrorism Policies |
| National Intelligence Estimate Assessment |
| Guantanamo Bay Prison (GITMO) |
| Terrorist Prisoner Rights Under Geneva Conventions |
| Torture of Terrorists |
| Waterboarding |
| Trials of Terrorist and Combantant Detainees |
| Habeas Corpus and Legal Rights for Combatant Detainees |
| Enemy Combatants |