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September 11 Commission




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Bioterrorism


General Full Text Sources

American Studies: Terrorist Attack on the US: Sept. 11, 2001 (http://www.academicinfo.net/usa911.html)
A free, comprehensive group of links relating to the attacks on New York and Washington.

America Rebuilds: A Year at Ground Zero (http://www.pbs.org/americarebuilds)
Information about the cleanup, profiles of the individuals involved, artifacts, video stories and other links.

Annotated Bibliography of Government Documents Related to the Threat of Terrorism & The Attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 (http://www.odl.state.ok.us/usinfo/terrorism/911.htm)
From the Scout Report, contains "an impressive bibliography"... of "US federal documents on terrorism and most specifically on attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. All documents are described with concise annotations and available through the Federal Depository system."  

Archive of Screenshots of Online News Sites on September 11/12, 2001 (http://www.interactivepublishing.net/september)
Over 250 sites are included in this interesting web page.

Avalon Project at Yale University: Documents on Terrorism  (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/terrorism/terror.htm)
To help those looking for primary texts related to terrorism in general or the September 11 events. The Avalon Project September 11 page (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/sept_11/sept_11.htm) is extensive and includes press releases, briefings, legislation, executive orders, and more.

Congressional Reports Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/911.html)
Contains 832 pages that presents the joint inquiries findings and conclusions, an accompanying narrative, and a series of recommendations.

Homefront Confidential (http://www.rcfp.org/homefrontconfidential)
The 6th edition of this whitepaper that explores how the War on Terrorism affects access to
information and the public's right to know.

Maps Relating to September 11 and Later Events
(http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/wtc.html)
From the PCL Map Collection, this site includes maps on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, the hijacked planes, Afghanistan, and more.

National Security Archive (http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB55/index1.html)
Full text information and documents about how the government has been handling terrorism over the past 15 years. See also this site (http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB165/index.htm) for FAA and 9/11 documents. 

September 11 News.com (http://www.september11news.com)
The "most comprehensive archive of US and international news coverage of the attacks."

Special Briefing: The Terrorist Attack on America: Background (http://www.foreignaffairs.org/home/terrorism.asp)
Collects the full text of ten previously published articles and thirteen book reviews that "contribute to an understanding of the tragic attacks on New York and Washington."

Terrorism (http://www.nps.edu/Library/Research/SubjectGuides/SpecialTopics/Terrorism/TerrorismSubjectGuideEssay.html)
Documents and links to bibliographies, discussion groups, databases, and more.

Terrorism and Security Collection -- NAP (http://www.nap.edu/terror)
Offers the full text of several publications related to bioterrorism, laboratory safety, and cryptography, among other topics, for browsing online. Although not all of the titles are new, NAP has collected them on one page for easy access in light of current events.

Terrorist Group Profiles (http://www.milnet.com/tgp/tgpndx2.htm)
Links to information such as strength, description, other names, location and support on a wide variety of present and past terrorist networks.

Terrorism Knowledge Base (http://www.tkb.org/AnalyticalTools.jsp)
Create custom graphs and tables on terrorist incidents or federal terrorism indictments. TKB also offers predefined reports on terrorist incident statistics and a comparison tool for groups.

www.terror.net: How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet (http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr116.html)
This report analyzes various ways terrorists use the Internet. Includes additional links to resources and other reports.

Viewpoints

2006 Survey of Homeland Security and Disaster Preparedness (http://www.usmayors.org/uscm/news/press_releases/documents/disasterpreparednesssurvey_2006.pdf)
The state of U.S. readiness in the wake of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina.

9/11 Report Raises More Serious Questions About the White House Statements on Intelligence
(http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20030729.html)
A Findlaw Writ column by John Dean delineating some of the shortcomings related to the 9/11 hijackings.

After September 11: Perspectives from the Social Sciences (http://www.ssrc.org/sept11)
Contains essays by well-known social scientists on the events of and following September 11.

American Folklife Center: September 11, 2001 Documentary Project (http://www.loc.gov/folklife/nineeleven)
From the Library of Congress, an oral history from folklorists and ethnographers about their thoughts and feelings of this historic day. 

CNN.com: In-depth Specials: World Trade Center Memorial (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/wtc.ideas)
See some of the memorial ideas for the site of this tragedy.

National Coalition Against Censorship: Sept. 11 site (http://www.ncac.org/issues/freeex911.html) 
Discusses the effects of the terrorist attacks on freedom of speech and censorship. 

Peacemakers Speak (http://www.thecommunity.com/crisis)
Statements from many of the living Nobel Peace Prize winners about the September 11 attacks and the aftermath. 

Safe and Free in Times of Crisis (http://www.aclu.org/safeandfree)
According to the web site, this site attempts to track "the ACLU's fight to stop the war on terrorism's growing infringement on our civil liberties."

Scholars of Islam and the Tragedy of September 11 (http://groups.colgate.edu/aarislam/response.htm)
Fifty professors of Islamic Studies and Middle Eastern Studies from the US and Canada give their perspectives on 9/11.

September 11: Bearing Witness to History (http://americanhistory.si.edu/september11)
An online exhibition from the Smithsonian Institute.

The September 11 Digital Archive (http://911digitalarchive.org)
According to the web site, its mission is to "collect, preserve, and present the history of the September 11, 2001 attack in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania and the public responses to them."

September 11th Remembered (http://cagle.slate.msn.com/news/9-11Anniversary2003)
Cartoonist Daryl Cagle's compilation of newspaper cartoons from across the world that addressed the second anniversary of September 11th.

War of Ideas: September 11 Five Years On (http://www.smh.com.au/multimedia/pmg/start.html)
A multimedia presentation from Australia. Paul McGeough visited some of these fractious regions to check on the progress of American-sponsored democracy, and to see how the battle of ideas is affecting the lives of the people in these countries.

What if 9/11 Never Happened? A Counterhistory
(http://newyorkmetro.com/news/features/19147)
A look at how things may have been different in the world today.

Witness and Response
(http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/911)
Acquisitions of the Library of Congress regarding September 11.

September 11 Commission

American RadioWorks: Witnesses to Terror (http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/911/index.html)
This site presents highlights from the commission's hearings in a very organized and accessible way.

BBC News: Q & A: 9-11 Commission
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3565585.stm)
Brief information about the commission and links to stories relating to the hearings.

National Commission on the Terrorist Attacks in the United States
(http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/staff_statements/index.htm)
The Commission's archived web site inking you to statements and testimony.

Outline of the 9/11 Plot: Staff Statement #16
(http://ctstudies.com/Document/911_Commission_Outline_of_911_Plot.html)
The staff of the members of the 9/11 Commission report their preliminary findings of the events leading up to and occurring on Sept. 11.

September 11 Commission (http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/worldspecial5)
This site, from the New York Times, links stories, video, audio and multimedia. See the Executive Summary (http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/US/resources/9.11.report/911ReportExec.pdf) of the Commision report, released on July 22, 2004, or view the full report (http://i.a.cnn.net/CNN/US/resources/9.11.report/911Report.pdf).

September 11 Hearings: NPR Coverage (http://www.npr.org/911hearings)
Analysis and reaction about the hearings.


 

 

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