...SSION 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 Preface xv 1. “WE... ...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, Declaring War o... ...orism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and Nonadaptation— ...in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and i... ...lion pages of documents and interviewed more than 1,200 individuals in ten countries. This included nearly every senior official from the current and ... ...owers of a Saudi exile gathered in one of the most remote and impoverished countries on earth. 46 THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Final1-4.4pp 7/17/04 9:... ...ern islands.America is also held responsible for the governments of Muslim countries, derided by al Qaeda as “your agents. ” Bin Ladin has stated flat... ...Some of the advanced technologies that gave us insight into the closed-off territories of the Soviet Union during the Cold War are of limited use in i... ...stigators that he had recommended Paterson, New Jersey, as a place with an Arabic-speaking community where Hazmi and Hanjour might want to set- tle.Th... ...ave placed Saudi visitors during 2001.The most intriguing lead concerns an Arabic-speaking taxicab driver, Qualid Benomrane, who was arrested on immig...

...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 Democrats chosen by el...

...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 OF THE NEW TERRORI...