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Parent topics
- Terrorism [r]: An act, with targets including civilians or civilian infrastructure, intended to create an atmosphere of fear in order to obtain a political objective. [e]
- 9-11 Attack [r]: A massive terrorist attack on the United States, occurring on September 11, 2001. [e]
- Al-Qaeda [r]: International islamist terrorist network. Responsible for the 9/11 attack and other terrorist attacks. [e]
Subtopics
Commissioners
- Thomas Kean [r]: Board of a number of organizations including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Council of the World Wildlife Foundation; Advisor, Partnership for a Secure America; Chair of the 9-11 Commission; governor of New Jersey (1982-1990) and, since 1990, the president of Drew University; ten years in the New Jersey Assembly, rising to the positions of majority leader, minority leader, and speaker. [e]
- Lee Hamilton [r]: Board member, National Endowment for Democracy; advisor, Partnership for a Secure America; President and director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; U.S. Representative from Indiana for 34 years, chairing the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Vice chair of the 9-11 Commission [e]
- Richard Ben-Veniste [r]: Member of 9-11 Commission ;Partner in the Washington law firm of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw. He served as Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District New York, from 1968 to 1973; chief of the Watergate Special Prosecutor's Office from 1973 to 1975 and Special Outside Counsel Senate Committee on Government Operations from 1976 to 1977. From May 1995 to June 1996, chief counsel (minority) of the Senate Whitewater Committee. [e]
- Fred Fielding [r]: Member of 9-11 Commission; Senior partner and head of Wiley, Rein, & Fielding's Government Affairs, Business & Finance, Litigation and Crisis Management/White Collar Crime Practices. He served as Counsel to the President of the United States in the Ronald Reagan administration, as deputy counsel Associate Counsel for Richard Nixon [e]
- Jamie Gorelick [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Slade Gorton [r]: Of counsel at Preston Gates & Ellis LLP; advisor, Partnership for a Secure America; former U.S. Senator (R-Washington (U.S. state)) Pfor 18 years, from 1982-2000, on the Appropriations, Budget, Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Energy and Natural Resources Committees; counsel to the Majority Leader (1996-2000); member of the 9-11 Commission; chairman of the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee (1995-2001), the Commerce Subcommittees on Consumer Affairs (1995-99), and Aviation (1999-2000) [e]
- Bob Kerrey [r]: Member of the 9-11 Commission; President of New School University in New York City. For twelve years prior to becoming President of New School University, Bob Kerrey represented the State of Nebraska in the United States Senate; Before that he served as Nebraska's Democratic Governor for four years. Educated in pharmacy at the University of Nebraska, Bob Kerrey served three years as a United States Navy SEAL, receiving the Medal of Honor; After his military service, he started a chain of restaurants and health clubs in Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. [e]
- John Lehman [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Timothy Roemer [r]: Add brief definition or description
- James Thompson [r]: Member of 9-11 Commission; Illinois' longest-serving governor (1977-1991); chairman of the law firm of Winston & Strawn, in Chicago. From 1959 to 1964, he served in the Cook County state's attorney's office, where he argued criminal civil rights cases before the Illinois and US Supreme Courts. He then taught at the Northwestern Law School. In 1971, he became U.S. Attorney for the Northern District, [e]
Staff
- Philip Zelikow [r]: Professor of History at the University of Virginia; opposed Keep America Safe "al-Qaeda Seven" ad; previously Executive Director of the 9-11 Commission, a Foreign Service Officer and Counselor to the U.S. Department of State, a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, board of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [e]
Warning
- United States intelligence community [r]: The United States' intelligence agencies coordinated by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. [e]
- 9-11 Attack in New York [r]: The specific events of the 9/11 attack in New York City, the regional emergency response and lessons learned from the disaster management [e]
- World Trade Center [r]: The New York office complex, centered around twin skyscrapers 110 stories high, which was destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 [e]
- Fire Department of New York [r]: Add brief definition or description
- New York Police Department [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 9-11 Attack on Pentagon Building [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Incident Command System [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Federal Aviation Administration [r]: Add brief definition or description
- North American Air Defense Command [r]: Add brief definition or description