Paul Bremer, head of the U.S. coalition in Iraq, made the following statement six months prior to 9-11. He previously had been chair of a national commision on terrorism.

"The new administration seems to be paying no attention to the problem of terrorism... What they will do is stagger along until there's a major incident and then suddenly say, 'Oh, my God, shouldn't we be organized to deal with this?'"

Source: Reuters

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