Without Precedent
Published on 15. August 2006
384 pages
978-0-307-26549-4 (ISBN)
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The untold story of how the 9/11 Commission overcame partisanship and bureaucracy to produce its acclaimed report.From the beginning, the 9/11 Commission found itself facing obstacles — the Bush administration blocked its existence for months, the first co-chairs resigned right away, the budget was limited, and a polarized Washington was suspicious of its every request. Yet despite these long odds, the Commission produced a bestselling report unanimously hailed for its objectivity, along with a set of recommendations that led to the most significant reform of America's national security agencies in decades. This is a riveting insider's account of Washington at its worst — and its best.
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Thomas H. Kean | Lee H. Hamilton | Benjamin D. Rhodes
Without Precedent
The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission
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Thomas H. Kean is a former governor of New Jersey (1982-1990) and from 1990 until last year the president of Drew University. He has served on numerous national committees and commissions and has worked tirelessly for over a quarter-century on behalf of a wide array of environmental and educational organizations. He lives in Bedminister, New Jersey. Lee H. Hamilton is president and director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. From 1965 through 1999 he was a congressman representing Indiana's Ninth District. During his tenure, he was chairman and ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs as well as the chair of the Joint Economic Committee and served on the Hart-Rudman Commission, whose 2001 report on national security first raised and examined the prospect of acts of terrorism against the U.S. prior to 9/11. He currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
Content
- Intro
- TITLE PAGE
- CONTENTS
- DEDICATION
- EPILOGUE
- LAWS ENACTED AND LESSONS LEARNED
- REFLECTIONS ON THE COMMISSION
- PROLOGUE
- AN APPOINTMENT
- PROLOGUE
- APPOINTMENT
- CHAPTER 1
- FALSE STARTS
- HOW TO SUCCEED
- THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMISSION
- CHAPTER 2
- AN INFRASTRUCTURE
- TO NEW YORK
- CHAPTER 3
- TO SUBPOENA OR NOT TO SUBPOENA?
- NEGOTIATING WITH THE WHITE HOUSE
- GOING PUBLIC
- CHAPTER 4
- THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEFINGS
- THE REVIEW TEAM
- CHAPTER 5
- ABROAD
- THE 9/11 PLOT
- PHOTO INSERT
- CHAPTER 6
- PERMEABLE BORDERS, VULNERABLE SKIES
- AN EXTENSION
- CHAPTER 7
- PRE-9/11 FRUSTRATIONS AND...
- CHAPTER 8
- CONDOLEEZZA RICE TAKES THE STAND
- INTERVIEWING PRESIDENT CLINTON
- CHAPTER 9
- FACING AN ONSLAUGHT
- INTO THE OVAL OFFICE
- CHAPTER 10
- HEROISM AND HARD QUESTIONS
- CHAPTER 11
- PRESENTING THE PLOT
- WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP?
- CHAPTER 12
- CONFUSION IN THE SKY...
- A FINAL HEARING
- CHAPTER 13
- CONSIDERING RECOMMENDATIONS
- CHAPTER 14
- ROLLING OUT THE REPORT
- THE REPORT CARD
- WHY THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE PROJECT?
- SPEAKING NATIONWIDE
- WASHINGTON, D.C.
- OVERSIGHT WORK
- HOMELAND SECURITY
- REFORM OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT
- FOREIGN POLICY, PUBLIC DIPLOMACY, AND NONPROLIFERATION
- DECIDING ON LETTER GRADES
- THE REPORT CARD
- THE MOST DIFFICULT AND THE MOST IMPORTANT
- WHAT DID WE ACCOMPLISH?
- 9/11 COMMISSION TIMELINE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- ALSO BY THOMAS H. KEAN...
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
