
The 9/11 Commission Report: Complete Edition
Full and Complete Account of the Circumstances Surrounding the September 11, 2001 Terrorist AttacksBy Thomas R. Eldridge, Susan Ginsburg, Walter T. Hempel II, Janice L. Kephart, Kelly Moore, Joanne M. Accolla, The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United StatesLength32h 51m
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This eBook edition of "The 9/11 Commission Report" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. It is perhaps obvious to state that terrorists cannot plan and carry out attacks in the United States if they are unable to enter the country. Yet prior to September 11, while there were efforts to enhance border security, no agency of the U.S. government thought of border security as a tool in the counterterrorism arsenal. Indeed, even after 19 hijackers demonstrated the relative ease of obtaining a U.S. visa and gaining admission into the United States, border security still is not considered a cornerstone of national security policy. We believe, for reasons we discuss in the following pages, that it must be made one. Contents: A Factual Overview of the September 11 Border Story The September 11 Travel Operation – a Chronology Terrorist Entry and Embedding Tactics, 1993-2001 The Redbook Terrorist Travel Tactics by Plot Al Qaeda's Organizational Structure for Travel and Travel Tactics Immigration and Border Security Evolve, 1993 to 2001 The Intelligence Community The State Department The Immigration and Naturalization Service Planning and Executing Entry for the 9/11 Plot The State Department The Immigration and Naturalization Service Finding a Fair Verdict Crisis Management and Response Post-September 11 The Intelligence Community The Department of State The Department of Justice Response at the Borders, 9/11-9/20, 2001 The Department of Homeland Security
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GenrePolitics and Government, Literary Classics
Length32 hrs 51 mins
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Table of contents
1The 9/11 Commission Report: Complete Edition
407.2 The 9/11 Pilots in the United States
2Preface
417.3 Assembling the Teams
31. “We Have Some Planes”
427.4 Final Strategies and Tactics
41.1 Inside the Four Flights
438. “The System was Blinking Red”
51.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense
448.1 The Summer of Threat
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61.3 National Crisis Management
458.2 Late Leads—Mihdhar, Moussaoui, and KSM
72. The Foundation of the New Terrorism
469. Heroism and Horror
82.1 A Declaration of War
479.1 Preparedness as of September 11
92.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World
489.2 September 11, 2001
102.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992)
499.3 Emergency Response at the Pentagon
112.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996)
509.4 Analysis
122.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998)
5110. Wartime
133. Counterterrorism Evolves
5210.1 Immediate Responses at Home
143.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing
5310.2 Planning for War
153.2 Adaptation—and Nonadaptation—in the Law Enforcement Community
5410.3 “Phase Two” and the Question of Iraq
163.3 . . . and in the Federal Aviation Administration
5511. Foresight—and Hindsight
173.4 . . . and in the Intelligence Community
5611.1 Imagination
183.5 . . . and in the State Department and the Defense Department
5711.2 Policy
193.6 . . . and in the White House
5811.3 Capabilities
203.7 . . . and in the Congress
5911.4 Management
214. Responses to Al Qaeda’s Initial Assaults
6012. What To Do? A Global Strategy
224.1 Before the Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania
6112.1 Reflecting on a Generational Challenge
234.2 Crisis: August 1998
6212.2 Attack Terrorists and Their Organizations
244.3 Diplomacy
6312.3 Prevent the Continued Growth of Islamist Terrorism
254.4 Covert Action
6412.4 Protect against and Prepare for Terrorist Attacks
264.5 Searching for Fresh Options
6513. How To Do It? A Different Way of Organizing the Government
275. Al Qaeda Aims at the American Homeland
6613.1 Unity of Effort across the Foreign-Domestic Divide
285.1 Terrorist Entrepreneurs
6713.2 Unity of Effort in the Intelligence Community
295.2 The “Planes Operation”
6813.3 Unity of Effort in Sharing Information
305.3 The Hamburg Contingent
6913.4 Unity of Effort in the Congress
315.4 A Money Trail?
7013.5 Organizing America’s Defenses in the United States
326. From Threat to Threat
71Appendix A: Common Abbreviations
336.1 The Millennium Crisis
72Appendix B: Table of Names
346.2 Post-Crisis Reflection: Agenda for 2000
73Appendix C: Commission Hearings (pt. 1)
356.3 The Attack on the USS Cole
74Appendix C: Commission Hearings (pt. 2)
366.4 Change and Continuity
75Appendix C: Commission Hearings (pt. 3)
376.5 The New Administration’s Approach
76Appendix C: Commission Hearings (pt. 4)
387. The Attack Looms
77Staff List
397.1 First Arrivals in California