The 9/11 Commission has released a followup to its original report, detailing the government‘s activity in response over the past decade. Unfortunately, those who feel the 9/11 attacks ushered in a new era of government overreach and diminished civil liberties will be hard-pressed to see anything encouraging in this report‘s concerns and recommendations.

Some of the Commission‘s findings are unsurprising. Yes, terrorist groups and tactics have evolved since 9/11 and yes, the government‘s counterterrorism efforts seem largely focused on preventing stuff that already happened (this being the TSA‘s particular area of „expertise“). But the report also warns that our efforts to prevent terrorist attacks are in danger of faltering due to „fatigue“ and a „waning sense of urgency,“ while failing to point out that the government itself is largely to blame.