Napolitano Tells Council On Foreign Relations - Public's help needed in terror fight

(MORE homeland terrorist propaganda . . . I happened to watch some of this on CSPAN last night, by accident . . . .there was definite discussion of training the young to watch their neighbors fro signs of terrorism, so as they grow older, blah, blah . . .. this one has the Web 2.0 twist, which is the end of a free share internet . . . )

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Almost eight years after the September 11 attacks, the American public remains insufficiently engaged in the fight against terrorism, the nation's homeland security chief warned Wednesday.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations on Wednesday.

The federal government also needs to do a better job sharing information with international, state and local partners, she added.

We need to make sure "as a country, as a nation, we are at the point where we are at a constant state of preparedness and not a state of fear," Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said.

"The challenge is not just using federal power to protect the country but also enlisting a much broader societal response to the threats that terrorism poses."

We live in a world where "the tools for creating violence and chaos are as easy to find as the tools for buying music online or restocking an inventory," Napolitano told an audience at the Council on Foreign Relations.

"If 9/11 happened in a Web 1.0 world, terrorists are certainly in a Web 2.0 world now," she said, a reference to the state of development of the Internet.

"The terror threat to the homeland is persistent and evolving."

Napolitano outlined a multi-tiered administration homeland defense strategy based on greater interaction between the private sector, local law enforcement, federal authorities and international allies.

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