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9/11 Commission Report

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9/11 Commission Report, formally titled Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, is the official report of the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks. It was prepared by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (informally sometimes known as the "9/11 Commission" or the "Kean/Zelikow Commission") at the request of the President of the United States and Congress.

The commission convened on November 26, 2002 (441 days after the attack) and their final report was issued on July 22, 2004.

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Chapters

Chapter 1
Preface
09:33
Chapter 2
1. We Have Some Planes, 1.1 Inside the Four Flights
45:09
Chapter 3
1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense
1:07:52
Chapter 4
1.3 National Crisis Management
33:17
Chapter 5
2.1 A Declaration of War
06:58
Chapter 6
2.2 Bin Ladin's Appeal in the Islamic World
17:19
Chapter 7
2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda
14:31
Chapter 8
2.4 Building an Organization
13:25
Chapter 9
2.5 Al Qaeda's Renewal in Afghanistan
23:01
Chapter 10
3. Counterterrorism Evolves, 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New
09:09
Chapter 11
3.2 Adaptation--and Nonadaptation--in the Law Enforcement Community
31:55
Chapter 12
3.3 ... and in the Federal Aviation Administration
13:30
Chapter 13
3.4 ... and in the Intelligence Community
29:36
Chapter 14
3.5 ... and in the State Department and the Defense Department
15:58
Chapter 15
3.6 ... and in the White House
11:58
Chapter 16
3.7 ... and in the Congress
15:27
Chapter 17
4.1 Before the Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania
25:39
Chapter 18
4.2 Crisis: August 1998
22:19
Chapter 19
4.3 Diplomacy
20:33
Chapter 20
4.4 Covert Action
29:18
Chapter 21
4.5 Searching for Fresh Options
31:22
Chapter 22
5.1 Terrorist Entrepreneurs
25:13
Chapter 23
5.2 The "Planes Operation"
23:11
Chapter 24
5.3 The Hamburg Contingent
32:45
Chapter 25
5.4 A Money Trail?
14:40
Chapter 26
6. From Threat To Threat, 6.1 The Millennium Crisis
24:33
Chapter 27
6.2 Post-Crisis Reflection
28:01
Chapter 28
6.3 The Attack on the USS Cole
25:20
Chapter 29
6.4 Change and Continuity
22:43
Chapter 30
6.5 The New Administration's Approach
41:28
Chapter 31
7.1 First Arrivals in California
27:08
Chapter 32
7.2 The 9/11 Pilots in the United States
24:04
Chapter 33
7.3 Assembling the Teams
27:30
Chapter 34
7.4 Final Strategies and Tactics
39:06
Chapter 35
8.1 The Summer of Threat
37:18
Chapter 36
8.2 Late Leads
38:09
Chapter 37
9.1 Preparedness as of September 11
18:14
Chapter 38
9.2 September 11, 2001 - part 1
1:12:08
Chapter 39
9.2 September 11, 2001 - part 2
22:25
Chapter 40
9.3 Emergency Response at the Pentagon
07:33
Chapter 41
9.4 Analysis
30:45
Chapter 42
10. Wartime, 10.1 Immediate Responses at Home
16:45
Chapter 43
10.2 Planning for War
14:58
Chapter 44
10.3 "Phase Two" and the Question of Iraq
21:53
Chapter 45
11. Foresight--and Hindsight, 11.1 Imagination
30:33
Chapter 46
11.2 Policy
08:44
Chapter 47
11.3 Capabilities
08:26
Chapter 48
11.4 Management
22:15
Chapter 49
12.1 Reflecting on a Generational Challenge
15:28
Chapter 50
12.2 Attack Terrorists and Their Organizations
27:54
Chapter 51
12.3 Prevent the Continued Growth of Islamist Terrorism
25:18
Chapter 52
12.4 Protect against and Prepare for Terrorist Attacks
47:42
Chapter 53
13. How To Do It?, 13.1 Unity of Effort across the Foreign-Domestic Divide
23:50
Chapter 54
13.2 Unity of Effort in the Intelligence Community
27:33
Chapter 55
13.3 Unity of Effort in Sharing Information
09:24
Chapter 56
13.4 Unity of Effort in the Congress
09:04
Chapter 57
13.5 Organizing America's Defenses
18:41

9/11 Commission Report

Chapters

Preface

1. We Have Some Planes, 1.1 Inside the Four Flights

1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense

1.3 National Crisis Management

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

2.4 Building an Organization

2.5 Al Qaeda's Renewal in Afghanistan

3. Counterterrorism Evolves, 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New

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

4.1 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

5.1 Terrorist Entrepreneurs

5.2 The "Planes Operation"

5.3 The Hamburg Contingent

5.4 A Money Trail?

6. From Threat To Threat, 6.1 The Millennium Crisis

6.2 Post-Crisis Reflection

6.3 The Attack on the USS Cole

6.4 Change and Continuity

6.5 The New Administration's Approach

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

8.1 The Summer of Threat

8.2 Late Leads

9.1 Preparedness as of September 11

9.2 September 11, 2001 - part 1

9.2 September 11, 2001 - part 2

9.3 Emergency Response at the Pentagon

9.4 Analysis

10. Wartime, 10.1 Immediate Responses at Home

10.2 Planning for War

10.3 "Phase Two" and the Question of Iraq

11. Foresight--and Hindsight, 11.1 Imagination

11.2 Policy

11.3 Capabilities

11.4 Management

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?, 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