The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

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List of Illustrations and Tables; Member List; Staff List; Preface; 1. ""WE HAVE SOME PLANES""; 1.1 Inside the Four Flights; 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense; 1.3 National Crisis Management; 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM; 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 (1988-1992); 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992-1996); 2.5 Al Qaeda's Renewal in Afghanistan (1996-1998); 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES; 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing. List of Illustrations and Tables Member List Staff List Preface 1. ""WE HAVE SOME PLANES"" 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 1.3 National Crisis Management 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 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 (1988-1992) 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992-1996) 2.5 Al Qaeda's Renewal in Afghanistan (1996-1998) 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing. 3.2 Adaptation -- and Nonadaptation -- in the Law Enforcement Community3.3 ... 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. RESPONSES TO AL QAEDA'S INITIAL ASSAULTS 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. AL QAEDA AIMS AT THE AMERICAN HOMELAND 5.1 Terrorist Entrepreneurs 5.2 The ""Planes Operation"" 5.3 The Hamburg Contingent5.4 A Money Trail? 6. FROM THREAT TO THREAT 6.1 The Millennium Crisis 6.2 Post-Crisis Reflection: Agenda for 2000 6.3 The Attack on the USS Cole 6.4 Change and Continuity 6.5 The New Administration's Approach 7. THE ATTACK LOOMS 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. ""THE SYSTEM WAS BLINKING RED"" 8.1 The Summer of Threat 8.2 Late Leads -- Mihdhar, Moussaoui, and KSM 9. HEROISM AND HORROR 9.1 Preparedness as of September 11 9.2 September 11, 2001. 9.3 Emergency Response at the Pentagon9.4 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. WHAT TO DO? A GLOBAL STRATEGY 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? A DIFFERENT WAY OF ORGANIZING THE GOVERNMENT. 13.1 Unity of Effort across the Foreign-Domestic Divide13.2 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 in the United States Appendix A: Common Abbreviations Appendix B: Table of Names Appendix C: Commission Hearings Notes.