The Clinton and Bush administrations bear direct responsibility for failing to prevent 9/11

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On September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda hijackers crashed four airliners into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, killing 2,977 people in the deadliest terrorist attack in US history

On Sept. 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda hijackers seized four airliners, crashing two into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and one near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing 2,977 people

The Sept. 11, 2001 attacks killed 343 New York firefighters and 72 law enforcement officers, and more than 5,000 people are estimated to have later died of related illnesses

The 2,977 people killed in the September 11 attacks included Christians, Jews, Muslims and people of other faiths or none, as well as citizens of dozens of countries

Foreign investors should be barred from buying firms essential to national infrastructure

The United States is the most powerful country in the world and consequently has a disproportionate footprint and influence

The U.S. is not at risk of collapse due to its foreign interventions

The U.S. has made mistakes and engaged in problematic 'policing' in its past foreign policy

The United States should police the Western hemisphere as its sphere of influence with a light hand, rather than policing the whole world

The confluence of interests among American elites that supported active U.S. intervention during the Cold War no longer exists since the fall of the Soviet Union

U.S. foreign interventionism is politically sustainable

Public broadcasting makes military justice less credible to the public

Privacy is more important than national security

Women should be required to register for military conscription if men are

Governments should be allowed to restrict freedom during national emergencies

Most people would trade freedom for security

The U.S. government should restrict denaturalization to national security threats

The Pentagon’s strike planning gives military officials too much influence over Iran policy

The United States should limit strikes on Iran to targets directly tied to nuclear weapons

Civilian airspace safety requires FAA control of military helicopter routes near Washington