Questions on 26/11 attack still haunt me, says Chidambaram

Numerous questions in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attack about the security preparedness and the leadership continues to haunt Union home minister P Chidambaram.
       
He said a billion plus people felt they had been humiliated and the country had been brought down to its knees by a small band of terrorists.

Chidambaram said the security establishment was in disarray and numerous questions were being asked.
       
"Had the intelligence failed? Did the first responder, the Mumbai police, prove to be totally inadequate? Was the famed National Security Guard too slow to get off the block? Did the leadership of the police let down its men?
      
"Did the security forces take too long to neutralise ten terrorists? Did the Central and state government fail to provide strong leadership? Did the crisis management system collapse? Did the country pay a heavy price before it repulsed the terrorists attack? Did the government fail the people in not mounting a swift counter-attack on the perpetrators of terror?" Chidambaram said.

"These questions continue to haunt me and many others even today. I think I have found the answers to some of these questions," he said.