Follow up to Washington Post Investigation: Top Secret America, Acting Director of National Intelligence, David C. Gompert, reaction to the Washington Post series: “This morning, the Washington Post began a series of articles on the growth of the Intelligence Community following the terrorist attacks on 9/11. The reporting does not reflect the Intelligence Community we… Continue Reading
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Report: More Terror Groups Globally, But Fewer Coordinated Attacks
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism [START] – Background Report: On the Fifth Anniversary of the 7/7 London Transit Attack, July 2010 “July 7, 2010, marks the fifth anniversary of the 2005 terrorist attacks on Londons Metro system. In 2005, terrorists launched a coordinated attack against Londons transportation system, with… Continue Reading
American Security Project: – Ordinary Measures, Extraordinary Results: An Assessment of Foiled Plots Since 9/11
“This report, Ordinary Measures, Extraordinary Results: An Assessment of Foiled Plots Since 9/11, analyzes 32 attacks that were thwarted since 9/11 to determine which factors led to the plots successful disruption. The report finds that in the majority of cases, traditional law enforcement techniques and methods developed prior to 9/11, direct and indirect action by… Continue Reading
9/11 World Trade Center Photos Obtained By FOIA Request Released By ABC News
World Trade Center 9/11 Photos: A Fresh But Painful Look at Sept. 11 Tragedy “A trove of aerial photographs of the collapsing World Trade Center was widely released this week, offering a rare and chilling view from the heavens of the burning twin towers and the apocalyptic shroud of smoke and dust that settled over… Continue Reading
Wired: Threat Level Privacy, Crime and Security Online Newly Declassified Files Detail Massive FBI Data-Mining Project
“A fast-growing FBI data-mining system billed as a tool for hunting terrorists is being used in hacker and domestic criminal investigations, and now contains tens of thousands of records from private corporate databases, including car-rental companies, large hotel chains and at least one national department store, declassified documents obtained by Wired.com show. Headquartered in Crystal… Continue Reading
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
“The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is a private not-for-profit (501c3), responsible for oversight of the design, raising the necessary funds, programming and operating the Memorial & Museum being built at the World Trade Center site.” New York Times: Sept. 11 Steel Forms Heart of Far-Flung Memorials: “The best way we can honor the… Continue Reading
DHS Releases Report on Department's Progress Fulfilling 9/11 Commission Recommendations
News release: “Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today marked the fifth anniversary of the issuance of the 9/11 Commission Report by releasing a progress report outlining advancements in the Departments capabilities to protect against and respond to acts of terrorism and other threats.” Progress in Implementing 9/11 Commission Recommendations(PDF, 12 pages –… Continue Reading
Newly-declassified Report for 9/11 Commission Focused on Agency Info Sharing
Secrecy News: “The rise of the wall between intelligence and law enforcement personnel that impeded the sharing of information within the U.S. government prior to September 11, 2001 was critically examined in a detailed monograph (pdf) that was prepared in 2004 for the 9/11 Commission. It is the only one of four staff monographs that… Continue Reading
Civil Liberties and National Security After 9/11: A CFR Working Paper
War About Terror – Civil Liberties and National Security After 9/11: A Council on Foreign Relations Working Paper, by Daniel B. Prieto, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and National Security, February 2009 “President Barack Obama, in one of his first moves in office, reversed some of the most controversial detention and interrogation policies of the… Continue Reading
National Archives Opens 9/11 Commission Textual Materials
News release: The National Archives…open[ed] more than 150 cubic feet of records of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, known as the 9/11 Commission, an independent, bipartisan commission created by Congress. The Commissions mandate was to provide a full and complete accounting of the attacks of September 11, 2001, and recommend… Continue Reading
NIST Releases Final WTC 7 Investigation Report
Follow up to August 21, 2008 posting, NIST WTC 7 Investigation Finds Building Fires Caused Collapse, the NIST NCSTAR 1A: Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7, November 20, 2008. “The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its final report on the Sept. 11, 2001, collapse of the 47-story… Continue Reading
New Findings Provide Clearest Picture Yet of How Enrollees in the World Trade Center Health Registry Were Affected by 9/11
News release: “A new analysis from the World Trade Center Health Registry provides the most comprehensive picture yet of how 9/11 affected enrollees physical and mental health two to three years after the disaster. The report released by the Health Department in the Journal of Urban Health, also includes the first estimates of respiratory… Continue Reading
