6.4 Change and Continuity

History

The 9/11 Commission Report

by THE 9/11 COMMISSION ( - )

9/11 Commission Report, formally titled Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, is the official report of the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks. It was prepared by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (informally sometimes known as the "9/11 Commission" or the "Kean/Zelikow Commission") at the request of the President of the United States and Congress. The commission convened on November 26, 2002 (441 days after the attack) and their final report was issued on July 22, 2004

Listen next episodes of The 9/11 Commission Report:
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 , 12.1 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?, 13.1 Unity of Effort across the Foreign-Domestic Divide , 13.2 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 , 6.5 The New Administration's Approach , 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 , 8.1 The Summer of Threat , 8.2 Late Leads , 9.1 Preparedness as of September 11 , 9.2 September 11, 2001 - part 1 , 9.2 September 11, 2001 - part 2 , 9.3 Emergency Response at the Pentagon , 9.4 Analysis