...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... ...lines and operated under contract by Argenbright Security. Like the check- points in Boston, it lacked closed-circuit television surveillance so there... ...ned Flight 77 was missing, nei- ther it nor FAA headquarters issued an all points bulletin to surrounding cen- ters to search for primary radar target... ... to hold one another to account for the quality of their observance. 8 The extreme Islamist version of history blames the decline from Islam’s golden ... ... Worldview Despite his claims to universal leadership, Bin Ladin offers an extreme view of Islamic history designed to appeal mainly to Arabs and Sunn... ...economic problems created flammable societies, Bin Ladin used Islam’s most extreme,fundamentalist traditions as his match.All these elements—including... ...sassination plots were rumored. The Customs Service deployed agents at all points of entry into the United States. Its agents worked alongside INS age...

...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...