Sept. 11 Commission Faults U.S. Counter-Terrorism Plans

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he United States continues to be at risk from terrorist attacks because Congress and the White House have failed to enact several strong security measures, members of the former Sept. 11 commission said Monday, the Associated Press reported.

he commission’s members issued a final report Monday that said the federal government has failed to enact effective anti-terrorist security reforms.

The 10-member bipartisan panel issued a “report card” that included 5 F's, 12 D's and two "incompletes" in various categories, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.

he panel said there was little progress among federal agencies in sharing intelligence and sharply criticized government efforts to secure weapons of mass destruction or establish clear standards for the proper treatment of U.S. detainees, the Post said.

The panelists gave the government an A-minus, for its efforts against terrorist financing, and gave B's and C's for its performance on issues such as the creation of a director of national intelligence and maintaining an ongoing presence in Afghanistan, the paper said.

Former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean (R) and other commission members said at a news conference in Washington that all the goals should be achievable, but that many have languished amid political skirmishing and bureaucratic turf battles, the Post reported.