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	Encyclopedia: September 11th Commission
		The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, was set up in late 2002 "to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the" September 11, 2001 attacks including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks.
		The Commission's Executive Director was Philip D. Zelikow, and the Deputy Executive Director was Christopher Kojm.
		The commission agreed to these conditions, and the President and Vice President gave their testimony on April 29.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/September-11th-Commission (1404 words)

	September 11th Commission Definition / September 11th Commission Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, additionally known as the 9/11 Commission, was set up in late 2002 "to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the" September 11, 2001 attacks including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks.
		The commission was additionally mandated to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks.
		September 11th commission is the next closest thing to not having an investigation at all.
	www.elresearch.com /September_11th_Commission (204 words)

	Voices of September 11th
		Voices of September 11th is sponsoring support groups for spouses, adult siblings, and parents of victims.
		VOICES is receiving a great response for our September 10th Information Forum and September 11th Commemorative Luncheon in New York City.
		Voices of September 11 th ("Voices") is a non-profit 9/11 family advocacy group providing information and resources for 9/11 families and survivors.
	www.voicesofsept11.org (530 words)

	September 11th and The Bush Administration
		Clearly, one of the most critical questions of the twenty-first century concerns why the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were not prevented.
		The National Commission on Terrorists Attacks Upon the United States, which was formed at the insistence of the family of some of the victims, is continuing to hold hearings and a final report is expected by May, 2004
		The plan was known as "Project Bojinka." It was known to both the CIA and FBI and was described in court documents in the trial in New York of Ramzi Yousef and Abdul Murad for their participation in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center (WTC).
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article4582.htm (6309 words)

	September 11 - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years).
		The terms "September 11th" and "9/11" have been widely used in the Western media as a shorthand for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon in the United States.
		The result of months of intensive investigations and inquiries by a specially appointed bipartisan panel, The 9/11 Commission Report is one of the most important historical documents of the modern era.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /september_11.htm (1431 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		The commission said not a single government measure adopted before the September 11th attacks, disturbed or even delayed the al Qaeda terrorist.
		CALLEBS (voice-over): the commission says the United States became a nation transformed early on September 11th, concluding one of the keys that led to the attacks, the fact that no one in intelligence law enforcement, or government ever imagined it could happen.
		And in September, we are going to have the September 11th Commission meet with the Intelligence Committee, go over the details, see where we are -- and we already started those hearings last Tuesday in regards to advice, in regards to reform.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0407/22/ldt.00.html (6756 words)

	TESTIMONY
		commission paves the way for eventual passage of the measure by both houses of Congress.
		The commission could examine subjects ranging from intelligence failures to the flow of money to terrorist networks, law enforcement, diplomacy, immigration and border control, commercial aviation.
		Members of the commission will be appointed by the majority and minority leaders of the House and Senate.
	www.senate.gov /comm/governmental_affairs/general/092402press.htm (398 words)

	The 9/11 Commission Report
		September 11, 2001, was a day of unprecedented shock and suffering in the history of the United States.
		At a September 4 meeting, President Bush's chief advisers approved the draft directive of the strategy and endorsed the concept of arming the Predator.
		On September 11, 2001, the FBI was limited in several areas critical to an effective preventive counterterrorism strategy.
	www.kottke.org /plus/misc/911commission.html (8893 words)

	9/11 Commissioners Urge Congress to Enact Intelligence Reform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Members of the September 11th Commission are urging President Bush and Republican congressional leaders to overcome roadblocks to final approval of intelligence reform legislation.
		September 11 Commission co-chairman Lee Hamilton says that concern, involving budget and other authorities of a new national intelligence director, is exaggerated.
		Members of another September 11 families group, 9/11 Families for a Secure America, said the compromise legislation doesn't go far enough to secure America's borders and urged it be delayed until the 109th Congress, which convenes in January.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/bv/2004-11-30-voa67.html (634 words)

	Bush Signs Intelligence Authorization, Creates September 11 Commission, November 27, 2002
		This Act also establishes the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States to examine and report on the facts and causes relating to the September 11th terrorist attacks.
		The Commission will build upon the work of the congressional joint inquiries to carefully examine the circumstances surrounding the attacks and the lessons to be learned from them.
		This commission is not only important for this administration, this commission will be important for future administrations, until the world is secure from the evildoers that hate what we stand for.
	www.usembassy.it /file2002_11/alia/a2112803.htm (1504 words)

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	What's in the News: September 11th Commission
		A commission appointed by President Bush is in the final weeks of an investigation into the September 11th terrorist attacks.
		A commission is a group of people brought together to perform a particular duty.
		This commission is examining how the government evaluated and responded to the threat of terrorism in the years and months before 9/11.
	www.witn.psu.edu /articles/article.phtml?article_id=355&show_id=61 (630 words)

	WNDU-TV: News Story: September 11th Commission encounters resistance - October 28, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Former Indiana Congressman Tim Roemer is a member of a special commission studying the September 11th attacks.
		He says their goal is to make sure that history does not repeat itself, but right now the commission is having a hard time getting several federal agencies to turn over sensitive documents.
		He says, now that the commission has shown their power to subpoena sensitive documents, they may use it again to encourage cooperation from the White House and other agencies.
	www.wndu.com /news/102003/news_22406.php?PRINT_VERSION=1 (429 words)

	May 2004
		He defends the work of his commissioners before the September 11th Commission.
		Peter Hain, Leader of the House of Commons, tells Parliament that the pictures are "appalling and possibly in breach of the Geneva Convention".
		A poll commissioned by the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority has found that 80% of Iraqis distrust the occupying government and 82% want the U.S. and its allies to leave Iraq.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/may_2004 (4409 words)

	A Time For Choosing: 06/13/2004 - 06/19/2004
		When the major newspapers and nightly news casts jumped to report that the September 11th commission had debunked the Bush Administration assertion that there was a link between Iraq and Al-Queda, John Kerry could no longer control himself.
		Meanwhile, members of the September 11th Commission went on national television and voiced their dismay over the media coverage, and in fact, stated that they had no disagreement with Vice President Cheney's statements that there was a link.
		September 11th taught us that we are vulnerable to people with the will to kill civilians at any cost.
	atimeforchoosing.blogspot.com /2004_06_13_atimeforchoosing_archive.html (7986 words)

	Arizona 9-11 Memorial Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Governor's September 11th Memorial Commission was formed by Executive Order to establish a September 11th Memorial at the State Capitol so that future generations will not forget the tragic losses of life, heroism,
		September 11 will always be remembered as a day in history when there was no differentiation between Blacks, Whites, Hispanics, Asians, Republicans, Democrats and Independents.
		All funding is through private donations and the efforts of the Governor’s Arizona 9-11 Memorial Commission, established by Gov. Janet Napolitano in 2004.
	www.az911memorial.com (220 words)

	Al Qaeda-Hussein Link Is Dismissed (washingtonpost.com)
		The Sept. 11 commission reported yesterday that it has found no "collaborative relationship" between Iraq and al Qaeda, challenging one of the Bush administration's main justifications for the war in Iraq.
		But the report of the commission's staff, based on its access to all relevant classified information, said that there had been contacts between Iraq and al Qaeda but no cooperation.
		In yesterday's hearing of the panel, formally known as the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, a senior FBI official and a senior CIA analyst concurred with the finding.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A47812-2004Jun16.html (790 words)

	VOA News Report
		TITLE=SEPT 11TH COMMISSION (L-O) INTRO: The head of a U-S commission probing the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington says several federal agencies are endangering the investigation by failing to provide requested documents in a timely manner.
		TEXT: The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks is charged with detailing the circumstances surrounding the events of September 11th.
		The commission's vice-chairman, former Democratic Congressman Lee Hamilton, added that he does not believe the Bush administration is, as he put it, "stonewalling" (intentionally impeding) the investigation.
	www.globalsecurity.org /security/library/news/2003/07/sec-030708-30e50414.htm (404 words)

	National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
		On July 22, 2004 the Commission released its public report, which is available for download from this site.
		The ten members of the 9-11 Commission announce the creation of the 9/11 Public Discourse Project.
		The Chair and Vice Chair have released a statement regarding the Commission's closing.
	www.9-11commission.gov (159 words)

	Terrorism and U.S. Policy
		The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the abortive attack (possibly aimed at the White House or Camp David) that resulted in the crash of a jetliner in Pennsylvania has resulted in a new and extraordinary emphasis by the Bush administration on combating terrorism.
		The DoD commission established to investigate the incident issued findings concerning organization, antiterrorism/force protection, intelligence, logistics, and training as well as a number of recommendations to help prevent a future attack.
		This CRS study, published on September 10, 2001, profiles a large number of terrorist groups and their activities as well as the subject of state-sponsored terrorism.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB55/index1.html (3565 words)

	Random Perspective: Bush’s Private Performance Was First Class Says September 11th Commission
		Following weeks of doubt as to whether the President would actually appear before the commission it was revealed that he would turn up to give his version of events, provided nobody else saw it, and he wasn’t obligated to tell the truth.
		Despite this, the commission felt that Mr Bush’s answer of “I don’t know, was my counter terrorism initiative compromised by a fixation on Iraq?” might have been a deliberate attempt to avoid the question.
		Following his private session answering question for the commission, which was not recorded or performed under oath giving him the option to both lie and avoid any form of comeback from those who might be able to invalidate any claims he had made Mr Bush emerged and declared he had nothing to hide.
	www.randomperspective.com /page.asp?1news/2/022 (688 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Human Rights After September 11
		Since September 11, the U.S. government has extended new military assistance to governments engaged in serious human rights abuse, including torture, political killings, illegal detention, religious persecution, and attacks on civilians during armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
		As you know, since September 11, there have already been numerous reports of violent assaults, harassment, and threats against men, women and children targeted solely because of their religious beliefs, ethnicity or nationality.
		The upcoming intersessional meeting of the Commission on Human Rights will be held exactly two weeks after the cruel attacks in the United States killed thousands of people and left the world profoundly shaken.
	www.hrw.org /campaigns/september11 (3570 words)

	September 11th Commission Overwhelmingly Endorsed by Senate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		WASHINGTON - Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., said the Senate's overwhelming vote Tuesday in favor of a blue-ribbon September 11th commission paves the way for eventual passage of the measure by both houses of Congress.
		They include commissions established after Pearl Harbor, the death of President John F. Kennedy, the Challenger explosion,and the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
		In addition, investigative panels were convened after devastating terrorist attacks against the Marine barracks in Beirut; Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia; U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania; and the USS Cole.
	lieberman.senate.gov /press/02/09/2002924B49.html (426 words)

	brainthink™ - You've Got A Brain. Use It.™ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		RUSSERT: You are have written "Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror," testified before the September 11th Commission, also testified two years ago to a congressional joint inquiry, which prompted the leader of the Republicans in the Senate, Bill Frist, on Friday afternoon to take to the Senate floor and talk about you.
		In July of 2002, in front of the congressional joint inquiry on the September the 11th attacks, Mr.
		First, if Clarke of 2002 was telling the truth, then the Clarke of this week, the one who told the September 11th Commission under oath that fighting terrorism in general and fighting al Qaeda in particular were an extraordinary high priority in the Clinton administration, certainly there was no higher priority, is a liar.
	www.brainthink.com /view_article.php?articleid=910 (7156 words)

	Voices of September 11th - 9/11 independent commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		President Bush, embracing 70 of the 74 recommendations of a blue-ribbon intelligence commission, said Wednesday he was creating a national security service within the FBI to specialize in intelligence as part of a shake-up of the nation's disparate spy agencies...
		The commission that investigated missteps leading to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, plans a report card this summer on how the government has responded to its recommendations...
		Eight months before the September 11 attacks the White House's then counterterrorism adviser urged then national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to hold a high-level meeting on the al-Qaeda network, according to a memo made public today...
	www.voicesofsept11.org /911ic.php (719 words)

	The Connection.org : The Return of the Jersey Girls
		These women, all of whom lost their husbands in the World Trade Center attacks, were instrumental in pushing the politicians to uncover the truth of what happened on September 11th.
		When the Commission said it needed a bigger budget, and more time to do its work, it was their public advocacy that helped make it happen.
		Now, in the week the Commission is due to release its findings, they are waiting to see if their hard work paid off.
	www.theconnection.org /shows/2004/07/20040719_a_main.asp (291 words)

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