It would be one thing if the department didn't identify security lapses in the first place, but a more troubling situation when they make promises to the American people and then leave them unfulfilled. Bennie Thompson
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![[Thompson said, for example, that oil pipelines in the Southeast have been identified by DHS as critical national infrastructure to be protected against terrorist attack. In the wake of the hurricane, they have been crippled by floods.] We have to review all our systems, ... If a byproduct of what happened in New Orleans is we have this gas crisis all over the country, it doesn't matter whether a terrorist hits it or a hurricane hits it. You have the same effect. - Bennie Thompson Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBCZW5uaWUgVGhvbXBzb24gICAg&num=13 "[Thompson said, for example, that oil pipelines in the Southeast have been identified by DHS as critical national infrastructure to be protected against terrorist attack. In the wake of the hurricane, they have been crippled by floods.] We have to review all our systems, ... If a byproduct of what happened in New Orleans is we have this gas crisis all over the country, it doesn't matter whether a terrorist hits it or a hurricane hits it. You have the same effect. - Bennie Thompson Quotes")
