Counterterrorism experts warn national security eroding 25 years after 9/11

The enhanced homeland defenses built in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks are eroding, according to national security experts.

With counterterrorism expertise diminishing, key intelligence authorities left in legal limbo, and the nation faces an environment full of threats, the witnesses described to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence the fraying national security standards since the 9/11 Commission released its 2004 report and its 41 recommendations.

Bruce Hoffman of the Council on Foreign Relations, who testified before the committee two weeks after 9/11, warned that “the superstructure of the security architecture that emerged is either diminishing, being dismantled or falling into disrepair.”

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