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I must have been one of the least surprised people on earth on September 11. I felt very braced for that. I knew something like that was going to come.

9/11 was a terrible, horrific, tragic day.

The 1993 Trade Center bombing was obviously frightening. It could have been much worse than it was.

The 9/11 Commission recently released their report, citing important changes which need to be made to improve our nation's homeland security. I voiced my disappointment with the House leadership when this report was left until after the August recess for action.

There was so much fear after 9/11, and that fear caused people to make the wrong decisions.

I wasn't in any way a kind of soothsayer or not surprised when Sept. 11 happened. I was absolutely shocked.

I visited the Pentagon a few days after September 11, and I still remember so vividly the smell of terror surrounding the entire building and complex. I was angry that such a brutal act of violence was committed against innocent people.

I was disappointed, not because we had lost the war but because our people had allowed it to go on for so many years, instead of heeding the few voices of protest against all that mass insanity and slaughter.

Most people inside the bureau believe that the blown opportunities to head off 9/11 would not recur today. Even among the FBI's doubters, few disagree that the bureau has come a long way.

Sept. 11 was a shock to the whole world.