The Third Way has posted an online response to the release of a national security report today by the Bush administration. The report provides a credible list of documented facts that refute the ever-growing list of lies told by the administration with regard to national security.

Factual Highlights:

The number of al-Qaeda attacks in the five years leading up to September 11, 2001: 3
The number of al-Qaeda attacks in the five years since September 11, 2001: 30

Percentage of World opiate supply originating in Afghanistan today: 90

Number of nuclear warheads that Iran could build in 2000: 0
Number of nuclear warheads that Iran could build in 2006: 10

Estimated longest range of Iranian missles in 2004: 1,500 km
Estimated longest range of Iranian missles in 2006: 3,000 to 5,000 km

Number of Army Reservists that President Bush requested cut in the FY 2007 budget: 17,000

The bottom line here is that the United States is not safer today than it was before 9/11.