...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... ... 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, De... ...ATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 67 Final1-4.4pp 7/17/04 9:12 AM Page 67 The Embassy Bombings As early as December 1993, a team of al Qaeda operatives h... ...mber of other al Qaeda leaders reviewed the reports.Agreeing that the U.S. embassy in Nairobi was an easy target because a car bomb could be parked cl... ...h after the publication of the fatwa, the teams that were to carry out the embassy attacks were being pulled together in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.The... ...oubled the num- ber of Border Patrol agents required along the border with Mexico to one agent every quarter mile by 1999. It rejected efforts to brin... ...y on Russia, a new nuclear strategy that allowed missile defenses, Europe, Mexico, and the Persian Gulf. FR OM THREAT TO THREAT 203 Final 5-7.5pp 7/1... ...zmi and Mihdhar was Anwar Aulaqi, an imam at the Rabat mosque. Born in New Mexico and thus a U.S. citizen,Aulaqi grew up in Y emen and studied in the ...

...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 and five Democra...

...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...