9/11 report disclosures, analysis, more
Sept 11 commission highlights
Highlights from reports, released on June 16 by the Sept. 11 commission, on al-Qaida's operations and the Sept. 11 plot:
Analysis: Bush War Reasoning Takes a Hit
Already in question, President Bush's justification for war in Iraq has suffered another major setback.
9/11 Report: 10-Plane Attack Was Planned
Sept. 11 plot mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed originally planned a much bigger attack involving 10 hijacked planes, one of which he would pilot and land after killing all the male passengers. Once on the ground, he was to deliver an anti-American harangue.
Initial 9/11 plot bigger, panel reports
WASHINGTON - The al-Qaida figure who planned the Sept. 11 attacks initially envisioned an even more devastating plot to hijack 10 planes and crash nine of them into nuclear power plants, FBI headquarters and buildings in California, but was overruled by Osama bin Laden, who found the plan too complex, the bipartisan commission investigating the attacks said yesterday.
Some pre-9/11 evidence of possible plots
The Sept. 11 panel wants more information about what the FBI was doing to combat terror in the United States before the attacks. Here are examples of evidence of possible terrorist activity the government had before the hijackings:
Timeline of Sept. 11, 2001
8:00 a.m. -- American Airlines Flight 11, Boeing 767 with 92 people aboard, takes off from Boston's Logan International Airport for Los Angeles.
Preliminary findings of 9/11 commission
Preliminary findings about U.S. intelligence efforts against al-Qaida before Sept. 11, 2001, contained in a statement issued March 24 by the staff of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States:
Members of the Sept. 11 Commission
The 10 members of the Sept. 11 commission, formally known as the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States:
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