...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... ... 145 5.2 The “Planes Operation” 153 5.3 The Hamburg Contingent 160 5.4 A Money Trail? 169 6. FR OM THREAT TO THREAT 174 6.1 The Millennium Crisi... ...e hope our report will encourage our fellow citizens to study, reflect—and act. xviii PREFACE Thomas H. Kean chair Lee H. Hamilton vice chair Final FM... ...orld Trade Center. Crisis managers at the FAA and the airlines did not yet act to warn other aircraft. 64 At the same time, Boston Center realized tha... ...s from the Kingdom and other states bordering the Persian Gulf in donating money to build mosques and religious schools that could preach and teach th... ...financing important enough to mention in its national strat- egy for money laundering. 91 Border Security The third point on which the principals had ... ... often overlap or are cued by other criminal investigations, such as money laundering or the smuggling of contraband. In the field, the close connecti... ...eland Security Dennis J. Reimer, Oklahoma National Memorial Institute for Prevention of T errorism Richard A.Andrews, National Center for Crisis and ...

...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...