...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... ... 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... ...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... ... toward us and our values is limitless. Its purpose is to rid the world of religious and polit- ical pluralism, the plebiscite, and equal rights for w... ...themselves the victims of successive foreign masters. He uses cultural and religious allusions to the holy Qur’an and some of its interpreters. He app... ...ity tends not to rise very high on the list of congressional prior- ities. Presidents are selective in their use of political capital for internationa... ...ings of individuals” that lacked “strong organization but rather are loose affiliations.” They operate “outside traditional circles but have access to... ... tember 10, 2001. 7 Whatever the weaknesses in the CIA’s portraiture, both Presidents Bill Clin- ton and George Bush and their top advisers told us th... ... could have been watch- listed. Had they been watchlisted, their terrorist affiliations could have been exposed either at the time they applied for a ...

...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 O...