...n Garth W ermter Senior IT Consultant Serena B.Wille Counsel Peter Y erkes Public Affairs Assistant xiv COMMISSION STAFF xiv Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:... ...eated the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Public Law 107-306, November 27, 2002). Our mandate was sweeping.The law di... ...ith the American people.T o that end, we held 19 days of hearings and took public testimony from 160 witnesses. PREFACE xv Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:26... ...on agency, ramped up its communications intercept network and searched its databases for clues. 2 The New York Field Office of the FBI took control of... ...’s successor as JI leader.Thus, like any powerful bureaucrat defending his domain, Hambali objected when al Qaeda leadership tried to assign JI member... ...nd exit stamps.The INS agent on duty ran the passport through a variety of databases but, since it was not in Ressam’s name, he did not pick up the pe... ... the offices to task all resources, including human sources and electronic databases, for any informa- tion pertaining to “current operational activit... ...ort, interrogation of KSM,Apr. 17, 2003. On KSM’s recognition of Hambali’s domain, see Intelligence report, interrogation of KSM,Aug. 18, 2003.Accordi...