Eight years after 9/11, security experts fear complacency

Published September 10, 2009 4:00am ET



Eight years after Islamic death squads slammed a hijacked plane into the Pentagon, security experts are worried that government leaders and the public are losing their focus on protecting the D.C. region from disaster.

“I think there is a bit of a disruption here,” said Bill Pickle, former sergeant-at-arms of the Senate. “I still think that there is some complacency not just among the bureaucrats and the politicians, but I think complacency sets in the security agencies, too.”

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