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035			_a(OCoLC)62133831
050			_aHV 6432.7 _b.K196 2006
100			_aKean, Thomas H. _9107101
245		0	_aWithout precedent : _bthe inside story of the 9/11 Commission / _cThomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton, with Benjamin Rhodes.
260			_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2006
300			_a370 p., [16] p. of plates : _bill., ports. _c24 cm.
500			_aBorzion book.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a an extraordinarily polarized atmosphere leading up to the 2004 presidential election
520			_a an inadequate budget
520			_a and a media eager to record stumbles and gaffes. The obstacles were great, and the expectations for a blue-ribbon panel are never high-yet somehow the 9/11 Commission overcame everything that might have thwarted it and succeeded beyond anyone's greatest expectation, holding a series of hearings that riveted the nation, producing a unanimous and widely heralded report that became a national best seller, and issuing recommendations that led to the most significant reform of America's national security agencies in decades. The 9/11 Commission report slaked the national thirst for accountability. Here for the first time is the story of how the commission came together to produce its landmark document."www.shelfari.com"
520			_a difficulties in obtaining access to highly classified documents and to al Qaeda detainees
520			_a the conflicting demands of various interest groups
520			_a the distrust of the victims' families
520			_aIn the words of the commission's co-chairmen, this is the compelling inside story of how the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States-more commonly known as the 9/11 Commission-managed to succeed against all odds in producing a report that made clear what went wrong and why. The mandate of the 9/11 Commission was daunting and all-encompassing. In its investigation of the events leading up to and including September 11, 2001, the commission had to examine U.S. diplomacy, military policy, intelligence agencies, law enforcement, border and aviation security, and congressional oversight, as well as the immediate response to the terrorist attacks, while also investigating the lethal enemy al Qaeda. The creation of the 9/11 Commission was blocked for months by the Bush administration, and after its inception in December 2002 the commission spent months mired in a series of controversies-the resignation of its first chairman, Henry Kissinger, and vice-chairman, George Mitchell
650			_aGovernmental investigations _9107643
650			_aIntelligence service _zUnited States. _9107382
650			_aNational security _zUnited States. _93844
650			_aSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001. _zUnited States. _9107092
650			_aTerrorism investigation _zUnited States. _9107644
650			_aTerrorism _zUnited States. _991135
700			_aHamilton, Lee. _9107100
700			_aRhodes, Benjamin. _9107645
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