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9/11 Commission Records
http://www.archives.gov/legislative/research/9-11/
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, known as the 9/11 Commission, was an independent, bipartisan commission created by Congress. The Commission's mandate was to provide a "full and complete accounting" of the attacks of September 11, 2001 and to provide recommendations as to how to prevent such attacks in the future. The Commission, extant from 2003 - 2004, held hearings, conducted interviews, and produced a report.
When the 9/11 Commission closed on August 21, 2004, it transferred legal custody of its records to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The Commission encouraged the release of its records to the fullest extent possible in January 2009. Because the Commission was part of the legislative branch its records are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Approximately 35% of the Commission's archived textual records are now publicly available. Due to the collection's volume and the large percentage of national security classified files, NARA staff was unable to process the entire collection by January 2009. Review and processing focused on the portion of the collection that contains unique documents created by the Commission and those that reveal the most about the scope of the investigation and the internal workings of the Commission and its staff.
Read more about the Commission Records
Online Resources for the 9/11 Commission Records
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- Finding Aid on the 9/11 Commission Records
- The 9/11 Commission Series
- Staff Monograph on the Four Flights and Civil Aviation Security (first and second releases)
- 9-11 Commission Web Site
The commission's web site is preserved as it appeared on August 21, 2004, when the commission closed its doors. It remains accessible, but no data can be added, deleted, or altered. The web site contains a variety of information including staff monographs and staff statements, commissioner and staff biographies, the final report, hearing transcripts and video, lists of witnesses, press releases, and other resources.
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After reading through some of these docs, I am almost certain that the whole "Cold War/Post-Cold War" readiness/looking outward, schtick was a concocted story. Everyone is basically saying almost the exact same thing...
I have a speaking engagement tonight, but I'm going to collect everyone's statements about this particular thing, and compare them.
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Here's an interesting one...
http://media.nara.gov/9-11/MFR/t-0148-911MFR-00790.pdf
Mr. Merchant cannot remember a time in the last 33 years when NORAD has NOT run a hijack exercise, but stated that they were always resolved peacefully, that is, NORAD did not project shooting down a hijacked aircraft. Prior to 9/11 NORAD did not run an exercise involving a hijacking over the National Capital Region (NCR), but there were events within exercises that involved the NCR. He stated that other agencies - such as the FAA - may have been involved in a NORAD exercise prior to 9/11 at the ARTCC level, but not at the national level. The possible exception to this that he could recall was the Positive Force exercise series, which is a CJCS multi-agency exercise with national players.
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I'm reading through all of the pages having to do with Pakistan. Redacted... redacted... redacted... redacted... redacted...
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For the outward posture, check my point 19:
http://hcgroups.wordpress.com/2009/0...iews-released/
Basically:
Marr commented that NEADS was using fourteen radar, and many radio sites. He noted that these sites are focused around the perimeter of the coast. He noted that the radar coverage varied by the sites themselves. He noted that the sites were optimized for their off the coast vision.
Commission staff presented to Marr that the flights that were hijacked on 9/11 were within the physical capabilities of the radar NEADS is linked to.
http://media.nara.gov/9-11/MFR/t-0148-911MFR-00767.pdf
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http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/actio...rch?id=2610766
However Delaney did state that he believed the US government shot down VAL 93. Delaney's belief was based solely on the fact that people told him the debris from the impact of UAL 93 was spread over an eight mile area.
He's the guy that destroyed the ATC tapes.