Town Compass® presents the 9/11 Commission Report Handheld Edition. The 9/11 Commission was created to investigate facts and circumstances relating to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, including those relating to:

• Intelligence agencies
• Law enforcement agencies
• Diplomacy
• Immigration issues and border control
• The flow of assets to terrorist organizations
• Commercial Aviation
• The role of congressional oversight and resource allocation
• Other areas determined relevant by the Commission

The 9/11 Commission Report Handheld Edition contains:

• Introduction, including an Executive Summary, list of Committee Members, and a Preface
• Section 1 - "We Have Some Planes," including Inside the Four Flights, Improvising a Homeland Defense, and National Crisis Management
• Section 2 - The Foundation of the New Terrorism, including A Declaration of War, Bin Ladin''s Appeal in the Islamic World, The Rise of Bin Ladin and Al Qaeda (1988-1992), Building an Organization & Declaring War on the United States (1992-1996), and Al Qaeda''s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996-1998)
• Section 3 - Counterterrorism Evolves, including From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing, Adaptation & Nonadaptation in the Law Enforcement Community, ...and in the Federal Aviation Administration, ...and in the Intelligence Community, ...and in the State Department & the Defense Department, ...and in the White House, ...and in the Congress
• Section 4 - Responses to Al Qaeda''s Initial Assaults, including Before the Bombings in Kenya & Tanzania, Crisis: August 1988, Diplomacy, Covert Action, and Searching for Fresh Options
• Section 5 - Al Qaeda Aims at the American Homeland, including Terrorist Entrepreneurs, The "Planes Operation," The Hamburg Contingent, and A Money Trail?
• Section 6 - From Threat To Threat, including The Millennium Crisis, Post-Crisis Reflection: Agenda for 2000, The Attack on the USS Cole, Change & Continuity, and The New Administration''s Approach
• Section 7 - The Attack Looms, including First Arrivals in California, The 9/11 Pilots in the United States, Assembling the Teams, and Final Strategies & Tactics
• Section 8 - "The System Was Blinking Red," including The Summer of Threat, and Late Leads: Mihdhar/Moussaoui/KSM
• Section 9 - Heroism & Horror, including Preparedness as of September 11, September 11 2001, Emergency Response at the Pentagon, and Analysis
• Section 10 - Wartime, including Immediate Responses at Home, Planning for War, and "Phase Two" and the Question of Iraq
• Section 11 - Foresight & Hindsight, including Imagination, Policy, Capabilities, and Management
• Section 12 - What To Do? A Global Strategy, including Reflecting on a Generational Challenge, Attack Terrorists & Their Organizations, Prevent the Continued Growth of Islamist Terrorism, and Protect Against & Prepare for Terrorist Attacks
• Section 13 - How To Do It? A Different Way of Organizing the Government, including Unity of Effort Across the Foreign/Domestic Divide, Unity of Effort in the Intelligence Community, Unity of Effort in Sharing Information, Unity of Effort in the Congress, and Organizing America''s Defenses in the United States
• Appendixes, including Common Abbreviations, Table of Names, and Commission Hearings
• Linked Footnotes: Tap on highlighted Notes to see related footnotes without leaving the record you are viewing