...THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page i List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii–x... ...THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page i List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii–xiv Pr... ...omeland 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 App... ...t 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 p. 313 The Pentagon after being struck by American Airlines Flight 77 p. 313 American Airlines Flight 93 crash sit... ... Shanksville, Pennsylvania p. 413 Unity of effort in managing intelligence LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES ix Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page ix... ...d the first of two radio transmissions from the aircraft. During the first broadcast, the captain or first officer could be heard declaring “Mayday” a... ...ntended to deceive them. Jarrah, like Atta earlier, may have inadvertently broadcast the message because he did not know how to operate the radio and ... ...ojects, vastly expanded education, and cre- ated subsidized social welfare programs.These programs established a wide- spread feeling of entitlement w... ...fitable development projects, and population growth made these entitlement programs unsustainable.The resulting cutbacks created enor- mous resentment...

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...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 FOUNDAT...

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.................. 18 Anne McBrearty ?When I Grow Up, I Want to Be? .............................................. 21 Patricia J. Popovitch ?Reflections of a City? .......................................................... 24 Jon Robison ?Why Is There Still Terrorism? ......................................................... 26 Anthony R. Souza ?The Designated Hitter Rule? .....