Number 1. it improves vertical information sharing between the Federal intelligence officials and local first responders. crucial if were to prevent future attacks. a growing possibility according to the recently released NIE on terrorism. The next attacks could be anywhere. We need our capable first preventers to have accurate and actionable information. Second. it will reform the Visa Waiver Program which. I agree. as it currently operates. is a potential loophole. I worry that a terrorist trained in the Pakistani tribal areas and traveling on a British passport could use that program to come here and to enable a homegrown cell to conduct an effective operation against Americans in America.