9/11 Commission Lives

Follow-through can be rare in these times. But the "9/11 Commission" is making good on its promise to give the American people a "report card" on progress made since the issuance of its original report almost a year ago. Several recommendations have yet to be acted upon, including the appointment of a civil liberties board, and thorough reorganization of the intelligence oversight functions in Congress.
The Commission (originally named National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States) has reconstituted itself via private funding into the 9/11 Public Discourse Project. All ten members of the original commission have joined together for the current effort. They have pledged to draft a privately funded report highlighting follow-up yet to be done on the needed reforms highlighted in the original report. The group will now hold a series of eight public hearings. To be broadcast on C-Span 2 today, member Jamie Gorelick will chair the first hearing focusing on the FBI and the CIA.
Mary Fetchet, founder of one of the most influential of the 9/11 family groups , applauded the continued efforts of the commission. These dedicated family groups may again be called upon to put pressure on government to make the changes necessary to move us forward. But they could use the help of all of us. Keeping track, communicating with others, and making sure that the Project is successful, is the best way for all of us to honor those thousands who lost their lives that awful day in 2001.