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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page i List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii–xiv Pr... ...omeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s App... ... of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, De... ...rrorist Attacks 383 13. HOW TO DO IT? A DIFFERENT WAY OF ORGANIZING THE GOVERNMENT 399 13.1 Unity of Effort across the Foreign-Domestic Divide ... ...ttacks of September 11, 2001, ” includ- ing those relating to intelligence agencies, law enforcement agencies, diplo- macy, immigration issues and bor... ... and practices to deter or defeat it.W e learned of fault lines within our government—between foreign and domestic intelligence, and between and withi... ...vernment—between foreign and domestic intelligence, and between and within agencies.We learned of the pervasive problems of managing and sharing infor... ...e problems of managing and sharing information across a large and unwieldy government that had been built in a different era to confront different dan... ...hink about the way our government is organized.The massive departments and agencies that prevailed in the great struggles of the twentieth century mus...

...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and five Democra...

...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION O...

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