(Hillary) Clinton Faults Bush Admin. on Security

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Clinton Faults Bush Admin. on Security
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Aug 14, 9:30 PM (ET)

By MARK JOHNSON

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a possible contender for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 2008, on Monday criticized the Bush administration for failing to do enough to protect the country from terrorists.

Clinton's comments came after authorities in the United Kingdom last week said they thwarted a terror plot involving airplanes bound from Britain to the United States. Conspirators allegedly planned to blow up as many as 10 planes flying from Britain to the United States using liquid explosives, which the U.S. Transportation Security Administration's security equipment cannot detect in carry-on luggage.

"We've done some things right," the New York senator said at a community event in Schenectady. "Obviously we've beefed up airport security in some ways, but as we've learned over the last week not in every way that matters. We still have not done what we need to do to protect our ports, our borders, our bridges, our transit systems, our rail lines, it's a long list."


Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., center, talks after watching a karate demonstration at the Arbor Hill Community Center Aug. 14, 2006, in Albany, N.Y. Sen. Clinton, a possible contender for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 2008, Monday criticized the Bush administration for failing to do enough to protect the country from terrorists. (AP Photo/ Jim McKnight )


"I don't think our long-term strategy for homeland security is yet what it needs to be," she said.

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