The 9/11 investigations : staff reports of the 9/11 Commission : excerpts from the House-Senate joint inquiry report on 9/11 : testimony from fourteen key witnesses, including Richard Clarke, George Tenet, and Condoleezza Rice / edited by Steven Strasser ; with an introduction by Craig R. Whitney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Strasser, Steven.

Whitney, Craig R., 1943-

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States.

Series:

PublicAffairs reports

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Terrorism--Government policy--United States.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Government policy.

United States.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Political violence--United States.

Political violence.

Governmental investigations--United States.

Governmental investigations.

National security--United States.

National security.

Intelligence service--United States.

Intelligence service.

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Qaida (Organization).

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 580 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Staff reports of the 9/11 Commission

Excerpts from the House-Senate joint inquiry report on 9/11

House-Senate joint inquiry report on 9/11

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, [2004]

Summary:

The 9/11 Investigations lifts the curtain on the top-secret investigations into the worst attack in American history. Here in one place is the most salient information from both the 9/11 commission investigation, including twelve commission staff reports and testimony from fourteen key witnesses, and the House-Senate Joint Inquiry Report, distilled into a compelling narrative. The 9/11 Investigations presents the most shocking discoveries to emerge in the course of the investigations. Former Newsweek editor Steven Strasser has combed through the extensive investigative documents and extracted the most revelatory information about 9/11 itself -- the al Qaeda plot, the terrorist attack, the emergency response -- as well as troubling insights into the inner workings of our government. A lead essay by Craig R. Whitney of the New York Times places the 9/11 investigation into a historical context and explores the political power plays that have affected the investigation's progress. Together, these documents and analyses provide an in-depth look at how America has tried to deal with the shocking impact of the 9/11 tragedy.

Contents:

I The 9/11 Commission Staff Statements and Testimony

Staff Statement No. 1 Entry of the 9/11 Hijackers into the United States 3

Staff Statement No. 2 Three Hijackers: Identification, Watchlisting and Tracking 17

Staff Statement No. 3 The Aviation Security System and the 9/11 Attacks 32

Staff Statement No. 4 The Four Flights 47

Staff Statement No. 5 Diplomacy 59

Excerpts of testimony from Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell 83

Staff Statement No. 6 The Military 98

Excerpts of testimony from William Cohen and Donald Rumsfeld 118

Staff Statement No. 7 Intelligence Policy 129

Excerpts of testimony from George J. Tenet 146

Staff Statement No. 8 National Policy Coordination 152

Excerpts of testimony from Samuel Berger, Richard Clarke, Richard Armitage, and Condoleezza Rice 170

Staff Statement No. 9 Law Enforcement, Counterterrorism and Intelligence Collection in the United States Prior to 9/11 239

Excerpts of testimony from Louis J. Freeh and Janet Reno 257

Staff Statement No. 10 Threats and Responses in 2001 272

The Presidential Daily Brief, August 6, 2001 293

Excerpts of testimony from Thomas J. Pickard, J. Cofer Black, and John Ashcroft 295

Staff Statement No. 11 The Performance of the Intelligence Community 317

Excerpts of testimony from George J. Tenet 336

Staff Statement No. 12 Reforming Law Enforcement, Counterterrorism and Intelligence Collection in the United States 349

Excerpts of testimony from Robert S. Mueller 363

II Excerpts from the House-Senate Joint Inquiry Report on 9/11

The Attacks of September 11, 2001 376

The Intelligence Failures 394

The Rise of Global Terrorism 421

Rethinking America's War against Terror 451

Findings 490

Recommendations 510

B. The 9/11 Hijackers 536

C. Selected Events in the Chronology of Terrorism, 1983-2004 538

D. The Presidential Daily Brief, August 6, 2001 545

E. The "Phoenix Memo" 548.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contains:

United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence. Joint inquiry into intelligence community activities before and after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

ISBN:

1586482793

OCLC:

55846832