The only thing that needed to be changed after 9-11 was the PRESIDENT & his ADVISORS.

2001: 1) President Bush had ignored warnings, from outgoing Clinton administration officials, to focus on threats from (Al Kayda) AQ.
2) Then, Bush DECIDED to not retaliate against AQ, once they were confirmed responsible for attacking The Cole in late 2000: "Weakness!"

The Bush administration considered terr'ism so-90's, so... Clinton! They were gonna build a missile-shield [Jesus!] and occupy Iraq already ("cakewalk"), then they'd colonize the world! [Oh God!] --NEOCON-POWER!

3) Then Bush decided to IGNORE the AQ hi-jack warning he got in August 2001...
[See previous Junture, here.]

HE STAYED ON VACATION (...FOR A MONTH!)
HE DID NOTHING TO WARN AIRPORTS,
TRAVELERS, OR F.A.A./SECURITY ABOUT THE WARNING HE RECEIVED WHILE ON VACATION AT THE FAKE-RANCH. [Total Dereliction...]

We did not need to grant Bush super-powers simply because HE FAILED! He blamed every govt. agency, for HIS TOTAL FAILURES:
We didn't need to revamp the FBI; 'Didn't need to restructure the CIA;
We didn't need bigger government; 'Didn't need a Dept. Homeland Securi-yadda,
What we needed competence before Nine-Eleven!(Condi!) And after(Bush, et. al.)!

The Bush notion of "pre-nine-eleven thinking," means before 9/11 in Bush's first year only... Clinton didn't have a "pre-nine-eleven" (Bush) mindset. Bill Clinton would NEVER have stayed on a vacation and ignored a specific, actionable warning like Bush got on 8-6-01, "UBL Determined to Strike Inside U.S."
JESUS CHRIST ALMIGHTY!
So... Can we just, like, have a do-over?
Didn't think so, Herb.