Post-9/11 Security Architecture Under Siege

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SENATE REPORT LENGTH

pages documenting the purge findings

POST-9/11 AGENCIES AT RISK

FBI, DHS, and NCTC named in Senate report

WORKFORCE TOOL

Schedule F

used to reclassify and remove career officials

COMMISSION ORIGIN

2004

year the 9/11 Commission reforms were enacted into law

SENATE DEMOCRATIC REPORT · 2025

A 37-page Senate report warns that 3 core post-9/11 agencies — the FBI, DHS, and the National Counterterrorism Center — have been dangerously weakened by politically motivated personnel purges. The counterterrorism architecture enacted after the 2004 Intelligence Reform Act is being systematically dismantled through Schedule F reclassifications and loyalty-based workforce reviews.

Post-9/11 Architecture Analysis2001 – 2025

Crisis / Purge / Threat

Legislation / Institution Created

Milestone / Report / Admin

Republican administration

Democratic administration

Institutions at Risk

DHS

Department of Homeland Security

Named as gutted

Est. 2002

NCTC

National Counterterrorism Center

Named as gutted

Est. 2004

ODNI

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Named as gutted

Est. 2004

FBI/CT

FBI Counterterrorism Division

Named as gutted

Est. 1999

TSA

Transportation Security Administration

Under review

Est. 2001

Key Questions