9-11 COMMISSION REPORT

by The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

• Public Statement by the Chair and Vice Chair Regarding the Report   PDF, 36 KB

• Executive Summary   PDF, 372 KB

• Contents, List of Illustrations and Tables, Members, and Staff    PDF, 372 KB

• Preface    PDF, 67 KB

• 1. "We Have Some Planes"     PDF, 952 KB
  • 1.1 Inside the Four Flights
  • 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense
  • 1.3 National Crisis Management
• 2. The Foundation of the New Terrorism     PDF, 1.4 MB
  • 2.1 A Declaration of War
  • 2.2 Bin Ladin's Appeal in the Islamic World
  • 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988-1992)
  • 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992-1996)
  • 2.5 Al Qaeda's Renewal in Afghanistan (1996-1998)
• 3. Counterterrorism Evolves     PDF, 188 KB
  • 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing
  • 3.2 Adaptation--and Nonadaptation--in the Law Enforcement Community
  • 3.3 ... and in the Federal Aviation Administration
  • 3.4 ... and in the Intelligence Community
  • 3.5 ... and in the State Department and the Defense Department
  • 3.6 ... and in the White House
  • 3.7 ... and in the Congress
• 4. Responses to Al Qaeda's Initial Assaults     PDF, 185 KB
  • 4.1 Before the Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania
  • 4.2 Crisis: August 1998
  • 4.3 Diplomacy
  • 4.4 Covert Action
  • 4.5 Searching for Fresh Options
• 5. Al Qaeda Aims at the American Homeland     PDF, 312 KB
  • 5.1 Terrorist Entrepreneurs
  • 5.2 The "Planes Operation"
  • 5.3 The Hamburg Contingent
  • 5.4 A Money Trail?
• 6. From Threat To Threat     PDF, 209 KB
  • 6.1 The Millennium Crisis
  • 6.2 Post-Crisis Reflection: Agenda for 2000
  • 6.3 The Attack on the USS Cole
  • 6.4 Change and Continuity
  • 6.5 The New Administration's Approach
• 7. The Attack Looms     PDF, 949 KB
  • 7.1 First Arrivals in California
  • 7.2 The 9/11 Pilots in the United States
  • 7.3 Assembling the Teams
  • 7.4 Final Strategies and Tactics
• 8. "The System Was Blinking Red"     PDF, 146 KB
  • 8.1 The Summer of Threat
  • 8.2 Late Leads--Mihdhar, Moussaoui, and KSM
• 9. Heroism and Horror     PDF, 2.3 MB
  • 9.1 Preparedness as of September 11
  • 9.2 September 11, 2001
  • 9.3 Emergency Response at the Pentagon
  • 9.4 Analysis
• 10. Wartime     PDF, 109 KB
  • 10.1 Immediate Responses at Home
  • 10.2 Planning for War
  • 10.3 "Phase Two" and the Question of Iraq
• 11. Foresight--and Hindsight     PDF, 133 KB
  • 11.1 Imagination
  • 11.2 Policy
  • 11.3 Capabilities
  • 11.4 Management
• 12. What To Do? A Global Strategy     PDF, 184 KB
  • 12.1 Reflecting on a Generational Challenge
  • 12.2 Attack Terrorists and Their Organizations
  • 12.3 Prevent the Continued Growth of Islamist Terrorism
  • 12.4 Protect against and Prepare for Terrorist Attacks
• 13. How To Do It? A Different Way of Organizing the Government     PDF, 158 KB
  • 13.1 Unity of Effort across the Foreign-Domestic Divide
  • 13.2 Unity of Effort in the Intelligence Community
  • 13.3 Unity of Effort in Sharing Information
  • 13.4 Unity of Effort in the Congress
  • 13.5 Organizing America's Defenses in the United States

• Appendices    PDF, 109 KB

• Notes    PDF, 669 KB

• Complete 9/11 Commission Report   PDF, 7.4 MB

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