"Stephen Flynn" was an Irish people/Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) at the Irish general election, 1932/1932 general election for the Leitrim–Sligo (Dáil Éireann constituency)/Leitrim–Sligo constituency. He was re-elected at each subsequent general election up to 1957. He died in 1960 during the 16th Dáil, a Sligo–Leitrim by-election, 1961/by-election was held on 1 March 1961 which was won by Joseph McLoughlin of Fine Gael.

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A weapon of mass destruction smuggled into our country in a cargo-container could be the next 9/11. The bad guys watched and learned how we reacted after the last attack by grounding all aviation. They could generate massive economic and societal disruption if they succeed at spooking us into closing our borders and ports to all incoming containers.

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We are vulnerable for two reasons, the world has gotten smaller--more travel, we're more open and as business expands, we are more vulnerable. We are the most free nation in the world--a Constitution and a Bill of Rights. If we wanted to secure our borders or be a police state, we could, but we won't, because we are a free nation.

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With no debate in Congress or directive from the White House, the Pentagon has narrowly defined its role as 'homeland defense' against an enemy attack from outside the United States, limiting its role in disaster response to a last-resort backfill for civil authorities. Not surprisingly, that philosophy dictates a very passive posture.

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It can't be a reactive, give me a specific laundry list of what you need and we'll figure whether we've got it. The most critical time in a disaster is in the first 48 to 72 hours and if you're not poised to help out you're not gonna be much good.

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We're not building the means to respond well. And when we have that next terrorist incident, there will be hell to pay, because the American people will be in disbelief about how little has been done.

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The degree to which the Bush administration is willing to invest in conventional national security spending relative to basic domestic security measures is considerable.

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