The 9/11 Commission Report

Document Title:	The 9/11 Commission Report
Authors:	National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Date Created:	Jul 22, 2004 - 12:06
Last Modified:	Jul 22, 2004 - 17:38
Number of Pages:	585

Front Cover
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES
COMMISSION MEMBERS
COMMISSION STAFF
PREFACE
1 "WE HAVE SOME PLANES"
- 1.1 INSIDE THE FOUR FLIGHTS
- 1.2 IMPROVISING A HOMELAND DEFENSE
- 1.3 NATIONAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT
2 THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM
- 2.1 A DECLARATION OF WAR
- 2.2 BIN LADIN'S APPEAL IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD
- 2.3 THE RISE OF BIN LADIN AND AL QAEDA (1988-1992)
  - Bin Ladin Moves to Sudan
- 2.4 BUILDING AN ORGANIZATION, DECLARING WAR ON THE UNITED STATES (1992-1996)
  - Attacks Known and Suspected
  - Sudan Becomes a Doubtful Haven
- 2.5 AL QAEDA'S RENEWAL IN AFGHANISTAN (1996-1998)
  - The Embassy Bombings
3 COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES
- 3.1 FROM THE OLD TERRORISM TO THE NEW: THE FIRST WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING
- 3.2 ADAPTATION--AND NONADAPTATION--IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY
- 3.3 . . .AND IN THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
- 3.4 . . .AND IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
- 3.5 . . .AND IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
- 3.6 . . .AND IN THE WHITE HOUSE
- 3.7 . . .AND IN THE CONGRESS
4 RESPONSES TO AL QAEDA'S INITIAL ASSAULTS
- 4.1 BEFORE THE BOMBINGS IN KENYA AND TANZANIA
- 4.2 CRISIS:AUGUST 1998
  - A Follow-On Campaign?
- 4.3 DIPLOMACY
- 4.4 COVERT ACTION
- 4.5 SEARCHING FOR FRESH OPTIONS
5 AL QAEDA AIMS AT THE AMERICAN HOMELAND
- 5.1 TERRORIST ENTREPRENEURS
- 5.2 THE "PLANES OPERATION"
  - The Plan Evolves
  - Training and Deployment to Kuala Lumpur
- 5.3 THE HAMBURG CONTINGENT
- 5.4 A MONEY TRAIL?
6 FROM THREAT TO THREAT
- 6.1 THE MILLENNIUM CRISIS
- 6.2 POST-CRISIS REFLECTION:AGENDA FOR 2000
- 6.3 THE ATTACK ON THE USS COLE
  - Investigating the Attack
  - Considering a Response
- 6.4 CHANGE AND CONTINUITY
- 6.5 THE NEW ADMINISTRATION'S APPROACH
7 THE ATTACK LOOMS
- 7.1 FIRST ARRIVALS IN CALIFORNIA
- 7.2 THE 9/11 PILOTS IN THE UNITED STATES
- 7.3 ASSEMBLING THE TEAMS
- 7.4 FINAL STRATEGIES AND TACTICS
8 "THE SYSTEM WAS BLINKING RED"
- 8.1 THE SUMMER OF THREAT
- 8.2 LATE LEADS--MIHDHAR, MOUSSAOUI, AND KSM
9 HEROISM AND HORROR
- 9.1 PREPAREDNESS AS OF SEPTEMBER 11
  - Building Preparedness
  - Preparedness of First Responders
- 9.2 SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
- 9.3 EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT THE PENTAGON
- 9.4 ANALYSIS
  - Civilian and Private-Sector Challenges
  - Challenges Experienced by First Responders
10 WARTIME
- 10.1 IMMEDIATE RESPONSES AT HOME
- 10.2 PLANNING FOR WAR
- 10.3 "PHASE TWO" AND THE QUESTION OF IRAQ
11 FORESIGHT--AND HINDSIGHT
- 11.1 IMAGINATION
- 11.2 POLICY
- 11.3 CAPABILITIES
- 11.4 MANAGEMENT
12 WHAT TO DO? A GLOBAL STRATEGY
- 12.1 REFLECTING ON A GENERATIONAL CHALLENGE
- 12.2 ATTACK TERRORISTS AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS
- 12.3 PREVENT THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF ISLAMIST TERRORISM
- 12.4 PROTECT AGAINST AND PREPARE FOR TERRORIST ATTACKS
13 HOW TO DO IT? A DIFFERENT WAY OF ORGANIZING THE GOVERNMENT
- 13.1 UNITY OF EFFORT ACROSS THE FOREIGN-DOMESTIC DIVIDE
  - Joint Action
  - Combining Joint Intelligence and Joint Action
- 13.2 UNITY OF EFFORT IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
  - The Need for a Change
  - Combining Joint Work with Stronger Management
- 13.3 UNITY OF EFFORT IN SHARING INFORMATION
  - Information Sharing
- 13.4 UNITY OF EFFORT IN THE CONGRESS
  - Strengthen Congressional Oversight of Intelligence and Homeland Security
  - Improve the Transitions between Administrations
- 13.5 ORGANIZING AMERICA'S DEFENSES IN THE UNITED STATES
  - The Future Role of the FBI
  - Homeland Defense
APPENDIX A COMMON ABBREVIATIONS
APPENDIX B TABLE OF NAMES
- U.S. OFFICIALS
- OTHERS
APPENDIX C COMMISSION HEARINGS
- FIRST PUBLIC HEARING
- SECOND PUBLIC HEARING
- THIRD PUBLIC HEARING
- FOURTH PUBLIC HEARING
- FIFTH PUBLIC HEARING
- SIXTH PUBLIC HEARING
- SEVENTH PUBLIC HEARING
- EIGHTH PUBLIC HEARING
- NINTH PUBLIC HEARING
- TENTH PUBLIC HEARING
- ELEVENTH PUBLIC HEARING
- TWELFTH PUBLIC HEARING
NOTES
- Citation Conventions
- 1 "We Have Some Planes"
- 2 The Foundation of the New Terrorism
- 3 Counterterrorism Evolves
- 4 Responses to Al Qaeda's Initial Assaults
- 5 Al Qaeda Aims at the American Homeland
- 6 From Threat to Threat
- 7 The Attack Looms
- 8 "The System Was Blinking Red"
- 9 Heroism and Horror
- 10 Wartime
- 11 Foresight--and Hindsight
- 12 What to Do? A Global Strategy
- 13 How to Do It? A Different Way of Organizing the Government