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A commission set up to assess national security measures on Tuesday gave the U.S. government a failing grade in improving response time to a biological attack.

“Nearly a decade after September 11, 2001, one year after our original report, and one month after the Christmas Day bombing attempt, the United States is failing to address several urgent threats, especially bioterrorism,” said former Sen. Bob Graham, chairman of the commission.

“Each of the last three administrations has been slow to recognize and respond to the biothreat. But we no longer have the luxury of a slow learning curve, when we know al Qaeda is interested in bioweapons,” Graham said.

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Article courtesy cnn.com