... 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 C... ...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 ... ...996–1998) 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 No... ...d in the White House 98 3.7 . . . and in the Congress 102 4. RESPONSES TO AL QAEDA’S INITIAL ASSAULTS 108 4.1 Before the Bombings in Kenya and T... ...lding Jamie S. Gorelick Slade Gorton Lee H. Hamilton vice chair Bob Kerrey John F . Lehman Timothy J. Roemer James R.Thompson COMMISSION MEMBERS Final... ...sistant Alexis Albion Professional Staff Member Scott H.Allan, Jr. Counsel John A. Azzarello Counsel Caroline Barnes Professional Staff Member Warren ... ...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 PM Page xv Our aim has ... ...et started.We thank the City of New York for assistance with documents and witnesses, and the Government Printing Office and W.W. Norton & Company for... ...declared Flight 11 a hijacking and “think he’s [American 11] headed toward Kennedy [airport in New Y ork City].They’re moving every- body out of the w...

...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 an...

...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 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 B...