Have we learned anything after the 9-11 attacks?

Brian Ross from ABC News reports apparently not much.

Under the new laws, American flight schools are only supposed to provide pilot training to foreign students who have been given a background check by the TSA and have a specific type of visa.

But in thousands of cases that has not happened, according to the documents and current and former government officials involved in the program.

A TSA Official, Richard A Horn complained in 2005 that students taking training courses didn’t have the proper background checks and visas,

“Some of the very same conditions that allowed the 9-11 tragedy to happen in the first place are still very much in existence today…Thousands of aliens, some of whom may very well pose a threat to this country, are taking flight lessons, being granted FAA certifications and are flying planes.

It has been over 6 years from the most dreadful day in modern history. Our borders remain wide open, we haven’t altered our visa policies enough to make a difference and the FBI is fast tracking more visa applications without thorough background checks. What really has changed then?

The candidates for the White House have been touting their experience as reasons to vote for them. But, if their experience only makes matters worse, why are we even thinking about voting for them?