Nation ill - prepared for biological attack , the report says . A commission set up to assess national security measures on Tuesday gave the U.S. government a failing grade in improving response time to a biological attack . `` Nearly a decade after September 11 , 2001 , one year after our original report , and one month after the Christmas Day bombing attempt , the United States is failing to address several urgent threats , especially bioterrorism , '' said former Sen. Bob Graham , chairman of the commission . Congressional review process too cumbersome , report finds . Government failing to produce new generation of security experts , failure to report . Integration of councils , number of WMD # ##s better grades .
Nation ill - prepared for biological attack , the report says . Congressional review process too cumbersome , report finds . Government failing to produce new generation of security experts , failure to report . Integration of councils , number of WMD # ##s better grades .