... 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 ... ...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... ...low of assets to terrorist organizations, commercial aviation, the role of congressional oversight and resource allocation, and other areas determined... ...e have built on the work of several previous Commissions, and we thank the Congressional Joint Inquiry, whose fine work helped us get started.We thank... ...ifferent rules of engagement.These fighters, part of the 113th Wing of the District of Columbia Air National Guard, launched out of Andrews Air Force ... ...ult of the investigations and arrests, the U.S.Attorney for the South- ern District of New York prosecuted and convicted multiple individuals, includi... ...ere implemented, in part, in the House of Representa- tives after the 1994 elections, but there was no reorganization of national security functions.T... ...ers were on the 20th floor of the North T ower at 8:46.They climbed to the 29th floor, urging civilians to evacuate, but did not locate a group of civ... ...hanistan is near the brink of chaos. 12 Battered Afghanistan has a chance. Elections are being prepared. It is reveal- ing that in June 2004,Taliban f...

...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...