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Author Kean, Thomas H.

Title Without precedent : the inside story of the 9/11 Commission / Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton, with Benjamin Rhodes.

Imprint New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.931 K196w 2006    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 370 p. ; 25 cm.
Note Includes index.
Contents Kean: September 11, 2001 -- Hamilton: September 11, 2001 -- Set up to fail: approaching an impossible task -- A start-up: setting up on a shoestring -- Cooperate or confront? : what to ask for and how to get it -- Finding the facts: negotiations, subpoenas, and more negotiations -- Getting the story: from field officers to cabinet offices, distant lands to detainees -- Finding a voice: public hearings and time pressure -- The perfect storm: a book, a charge, and an apology -- A remarkable day: Condoleeza Rice in public, Bill Clinton in private -- Becoming a target: the Commission comes together -- The trauma of New York: treading delicately in a wounded city -- The enemy: Al Quaeda, the 9/11 plot, and the question of Iraq -- The story in the sky: conspiracy theories and correcting a record -- Many voices: drafting a report, debating recommendations -- Unanimous: rolling out a report -- Looking back to look forward -- The report card -- 9/11 Commission timeline.
Subject National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States.
National security -- United States.
Intelligence service -- United States.
Terrorism investigation -- United States.
Governmental investigations -- United States.
Added Author Hamilton, Lee.
Rhodes, Benjamin.
ISBN 0307263770 (hardcover)
9780307263773 (hardcover)
Standard No. IG# 0307263770
NLGGC 288458907
YDXCP 2369194

 
    
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