"...despite the images of 9/11 -- when the Twin Towers fell, the Pentagon burned, and a field in Shanksville, Pa., was found smoldering and silent -- we see some quarters returning to a "September 10 mentality." There are some who oppose key 9/11 Commission recommendations and congressional mandates such as secure driver's licenses and travel documents, and some public intellectuals have joined like-minded press pundits in downplaying the threats we still confront... We must begin by charting a resolute course between hysteria and complacency. "Let us remind ourselves that we are ultimately locked in a battle of ideas, centered on one key question: Is freedom a dangerous luxury that can be denied at will -- or is it the birthright of every person and the ultimate basis for security? Our enemies answer one way; our founding creed tells us otherwise". (Chertoff and Ridge, "Homeland Security Confidence". Sacramento Bee, March 6, 2008)