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9/11 Report / Terrorism  |  9/11 Commission Hearings  |  Congressional Hearings

ADDITIONAL VIDEO
 
Beginning in June 2005, the 9/11 Public Discourse Project, the non-profit successor to the 9/11 Commission, begins a series of hearings to review the progress being made towards implementing their report recommendations. Former Commissioner Jamie Gorelick chairs the first discussion, which focusses on organizational reform at both the CIA and FBI. The most recent panel discussion occured on Tuesday, August 2.

VIDEO ARCHIVE

READAll hearings of the 9/11 Public Discourse Project



12th public hearing on "The 9/11 plot" and the federal government's immediate response to the attacks

READSchedule & witness list

June 16, 2004
WATCHPanel discussion on Al Qaeda
WATCHPanel discussion on 9/11 Plot

June 17, 2004
WATCHPanel discussions on military & FAA response responses on 9/11, and post-hearing press conference



11th public hearing in Washington, DC.

READSchedule & witness list

May 18, 2004
WATCHTestimony by former NYC Emergency Response Managers
WATCHTestimony by New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta and Emergency Management Commissioner Joseph Bruno

May 19, 2004
WATCHTestimony by NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Fmr. NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani & DHS Sec. Tom Ridge



10th public hearing in Washington, DC.

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April 13, 2004
WATCHTestimony by Fmr. FBI Director Louis Freeh & Fmr. Attorney General Janet Reno
WATCHTestimony by Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft & Fmr. Acting FBI Director Thomas Pickard

April 14, 2004
WATCHTestimony by CIA Director George Tenet
WATCHTestimony by FBI Director Robert Mueller



9th public hearing in Washington, DC.

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April 8, 2004
WATCHTestimony by Condoleezza Rice, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs



8th public hearing on "Counterterrorism Policy" in Washington, DC.

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March 23, 2004
WATCHTestimony by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Secretary of State Colin Powell
WATCHTestimony by former Secretary of Defense William Cohen and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

March 24, 2004
WATCHTestimony by CIA Director George Tenet and former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Samuel Berger
WATCHTestimony by former NSC National Coordinator for Counterterrorism Richard Clarke and Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage



7th public hearing on "Borders, Transportation, and Managing Risk" in Washington, DC.

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January 26, 2004
WATCHDiscussion on pre-9/11 border security & visas

January 27, 2004
WATCHReview of aviation security on 9/11 from the regulators' perspectives & from the airlines' perspectives



6th public hearing in Washington, DC.

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December 8, 2003
WATCHDiscussion on security & liberty



5th public hearing on "Emergency Preparedness" at Drew University in Madison, NJ

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November 19, 2003
WATCHDiscussion on private/public sector partnership for emergency preparedness



4th public hearing on "Intelligence and the War on Terrorism" in Washington, DC.

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October 14, 2003
WATCHDiscussion on intelligence leadership & national security policy
WATCHDiscussion on transnational threats



  COMMISSION MEMBERS
Thomas H. Kean
Chair
Thomas H. Kean
Lee H. Hamilton
Vice Chair
Lee H. Hamilton
Commissioners
Richard Ben-Veniste
Fred F. Fielding
Jamie S. Gorelick
Slade Gorton
Bob Kerrey
John F. Lehman
Timothy J. Roemer
James R. Thompson

   WEB RESOURCES >>
Sept. 11 Commission
National independent, bipartisan Commission that investigated the terrorist attacks
 
Sept. 11 Commission
Final Report

Over 500-page document of recommendations of the Commission
 
Sept. 11 Commission
Final Report Exec. Summary

30-page document highlighting the most important information in the Commission's report
 
C-SPAN Sept. 11 Cmsn.
Video Archive of Hearings

Public hearings of the Sept. 11 Cmsn. and Congressional hearings on the Commission's report
 
Previous Federal Commissions' Reports
Reports issued by previous Federal commissions on national security matter or investigations
 
Homeland Security Dept.
Information and news about domestic security issues
 
FBI Counterterrorism
News and publications of the FBI in its counterterrorism efforts
 
C-SPAN in the Classroom
Teacher's classroom resource for learning about the Sept. 11 Cmsn. investigation
 
ALL WEB RESOURCES >>

  9/11 COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARINGS

The 9/11 Commission Report
 
RESPONSE TO TERRORISM
Commission Releases Final Report 
On July 22, 2004, the Sept. 11 Cmsn., after meeting 12 times in public hearings, released its final report. Read the 585-page Report or the 31-page Executive Summary below.
THE FINAL REPORT

THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY