The real way to honor the deadvictims is to keep the next attack from happening, and right now that mission is being hollowed out. Experienced counterterrorism agents are walking out the door, budgets are being cut and FBI personnel are being pulled onto immigration raids while al-Qaeda and IS franchises spread across Somalia and the Sahel. Complacency is how 9/11 happened the first time.

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