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The 9/11 Commission Report Summary & Study Guide Description
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The Commission's report examines all aspects of the terrorists' planning and preparation for the attacks and the government's response, or lack thereof, to the terrorists' activities. Its investigation sought to expose all mistakes and missed opportunities that could possibly have prevented the attacks.
The report begins by painting explaining what happened on September 11, 2001. It then explores the history of modern terrorism, with an emphasis on the roots of al-Qaeda and its leader, Osama bin Laden, the perpetrators of the 9/11 plot. The founding and growth of al-Qaeda is reconstructed along with a parallel examination of the U.S. government's efforts to track and counter it. Concern within the government about the danger posed by al-Qaeda grew steadily throughout the 1990s. Al-Qaeda's terrorist ambitions and animosity toward the United States steadily escalated.
The Commission then tracks the beginnings of the 9/11 plot within Qaeda and traces the planning and growth...
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