September 11 attacks Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===9/11 Commission=== {{Main|9/11 Commission|9/11 Commission Report}} {{See also|Criticism of the 9/11 Commission}} [[File:911report cover HIGHRES.png|thumb|The cover of the ''[[9/11 Commission Report]]'', a 585-page report released in 2004, on events leading up to the September 11 attacks and steps recommended to avoid a future terrorist attack]] The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, popularly known as the [[9/11 Commission]], chaired by [[Thomas Kean]], [[governor of New Jersey]] from 1982 to 1990,{{efn|Former Secretary of State [[Henry Kissinger]] was initially appointed to head the commission<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec02/investigation_11-27.html|title=Investigating Sept. 11|publisher=PBS|work=NewsHour|date=November 27, 2002|access-date=January 21, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090220061250/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec02/investigation_11-27.html|archive-date= February 20, 2009}}</ref> but resigned only weeks after being appointed, to avoid conflicts of interest.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Cable News Network]]|url= http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/13/kissinger.resigns/|title=Kissinger resigns as head of 9/11 commission |date=December 13, 2002|access-date=August 7, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060427145915/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/13/kissinger.resigns/|archive-date=April 27, 2006}}</ref> Former U.S. Senator [[George J. Mitchell|George Mitchell]] was originally appointed as the vice chairman, but he stepped down on December 10, 2002, not wanting to sever ties to his law firm.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/11/mitchell.resigns/ |title=Mitchell quits 9/11 probe |date=December 10, 2002 |publisher=CNN |access-date=January 21, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090220082114/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/11/mitchell.resigns/| archive-date= February 20, 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> On December 15, 2002, Bush appointed former [[New Jersey]] Governor [[Thomas Kean|Tom Kean]] to head the commission.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/16/commission.kean/ |title=Bush taps ex-New Jersey governor for 9/11 panel |date=December 16, 2002 |publisher=CNN |access-date=January 21, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090220082119/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/16/commission.kean/| archive-date= February 20, 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>}} was formed in late 2002 to prepare a thorough account of the circumstances surrounding the attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/about/bio_kean.htm|title=National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States|publisher=govinfo.library.unt.edu|access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref> On July 22, 2004, the commission issued the ''[[9/11 Commission Report]]'', a 585-page report based on its investigations and interviews. The report detailed the events leading up to the September 11 attacks, concluding that they were carried out by [[Al-Qaeda]]. The commission also examined how security and intelligence agencies were inadequately coordinated to prevent the attacks. According to the report, "We believe the 9/11 attacks revealed four kinds of failures: in imagination, policy, capabilities, and management".<ref>{{cite web |title=Foresight-and Hindsight |url=http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Ch11.htm |publisher=National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref> The commission made numerous recommendations on how to prevent future attacks, and in 2011 was dismayed that several of its recommendations had yet to be implemented.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bennett |first=Brian |title=Post-9/11 assessment sees major security gaps |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/30/nation/la-na-911-report-card-20110831 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=August 30, 2011 |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page