... 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 Appeal in ... ...HE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration 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... ...Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From t... ...8) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and Nonadapta... ...nt Inquiry, whose fine work helped us get started.We thank the City of New York for assistance with documents and witnesses, and the Government Printi... ...ence agency abruptly ended in the 1970s.T wo years after Hoover’s death in 1972, congres- 74 THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Final1-4.4pp 7/17/04 9:12 AM... ...lism” by that time. 66 Ramzi Binalshibh Ramzi Binalshibh was born on May 1,1972,in Ghayl Bawazir,Y emen.There does not seem to be anything remarkable ... ...,Atta’s cellular telephone was used numerous times to call various lodging establishments in Florida from cell sites within Florida.We cannot confirm ... ...access to a major airport, travel agencies, hotels, and Western commercial establishments, was an ideal transit point. 111 Ali reportedly assumed the ...

...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 TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration 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, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59...