Nearly five years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, has the government adequately protected its citizens against terrorism and catastrophic disaster? The Forgotten Homeland: A Century Foundation Task Force Report gathers leading homeland security experts to analyze the nation's most significant vulnerabilities and propose strategies to reduce them. The report addresses terrorist and other threats, assesses the government’s initiatives to date, and offers ideas for strengthening all aspects of our emergency response—including our ability to respond to natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. Whether a policy expert or a concerned citizen, The Forgotten Homeland is required reading for those who wish to understand the security challenges facing the United States—and how we can solve them.

Task Force Members

The report's authors are Richard A. Clarke, Rand Beers, Catherine A. Allen, Jane A. Bullock, R. P. Eddy, Charles D. Ferguson, Stephen E. Flynn, John Gannon, Juliette N. Kayyem, Robert K. Knake, Lawrence J. Korb, Paul B. Kurtz, Martin O’Malley, Bridger McGaw, Jamie F. Metzl, Blake W. Mobley, Daniel B. Prieto, Alison Silverstein, Steven N. Simon, Amy E. Smithson and Moira Whelan. Download a complete list here (PDF).

Key Links

• Summary of the Recommendations (PDF)
• Task Force Member Bios (PDF)
• Press Release
• Download transcript of the release event (PDF)

Contents
(download linked chapters in PDF format)

• Foreword by Richard C. Leone (PDF - 396 kB)
• Introduction: The Forgotten Homeland (PDF - 349 kB)

Part I: The Governments Nearest the People

1. Introduction: Building Homeland Security in Our Cities and States (PDF - 381 kB)
2. A Counterterrorism Policy for Our Own Backyard (PDF - 356 kB)
3. Security for a Nation in Motion (PDF - 363 kB)
4. A Healthy Medical Response System (PDF - 370 kB)

Part II: The Corporation, Responsibility, and Risk Management

5. Introduction: A New Approach to the Private Sector and Homeland Security (PDF - 383 kB)
6. Financial Services: Learning from Success (PDF - 358 kB)
7. Chemical Plant Security: Preventing a Terrorist Bhopal (PDF - 364 kB)
8. Protecting Energy Infrastructure (PDF - 378 kB)
9. Cyber Security: A Silent Catastrophe (PDF - 373 kB)

Part III: What Washington Can Do

10. Introduction: Federal Roles and Responsibilities (PDF - 355 kB)
11. Emergency Response: Restoring Discarded Strategies that Worked (PDF - 370 kB)
12. An Intelligence Approach to Domestic Security (PDF - 377 kB)
13. Losing Focus on Aviation Security (PDF - 373 kB)
14. Preventing Nuclear Terrorism (PDF - 366 kB)
15. The Perils of Neglecting America’s Waterfront (PDF - 376 kB)
16. Recreating Our Borders (PDF - 373 kB)
17. Land of Sweet Liberties (PDF - 366 kB)
18. Paying for It (PDF - 385 kB)

19. Moving Forward to Secure America at Home (PDF - 358 kB)

Appendix (PDF - 373 kB)
Notes (PDF - 391 kB)
Index (PDF - 396 kB)

Chairs

Richard A. Clarke is the chairman of Good Harbor Consulting, LLC. He has served the past three presidents as special assistant to the president for global affairs, national coordinator for security and counterterrorism, and special adviser to the president for cybersecurity. He is author of Defeating the Jihadists: A Blueprint for Action (Century Foundation Press, 2005) and Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror (Free Press, 2004).

Rand Beers is president of the Valley Forge Initiative, an organization that develops and disseminates a twenty-first century progressive vision of national security, and has served on the National Security Council under presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and most recently as special assistant to the president and senior director for combating terrorism under George W. Bush. He also served as assistant secretary of state for international narcotics and law enforcement affairs (1998–2002).