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Summary:
This report highlights key recommendations set out in the report of the 9/11
Commission organized by the following major thematic areas: (1) Focus of U.S.
International Anti-Terrorism Policy; (2) Institutional Steps to Protect Against and
Prepare for Terrorist Attacks; (3) Intelligence Issues; and (4) Congress and Oversight
Issues. A bulleted summary is made, under each of these major thematic headings,
of the key recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, the Gilmore Commission, the
Bremer Commission, the Joint Inquiry of the House and Senate Intelligence
Committees, and the Hart-Rudman Commission.
What is provided here is a structured road map to the most important
recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, to those recommendations of the three
other Commissions, and to those of the Joint Inquiry of the House and Senate
Intelligence Committees that are directly related to the recommendations made by
the 9/11 Commission set out within each the stipulated four thematic areas. Links
are also provided to the texts of the original reports prepared by these entities. This
will facilitate access to the detailed commentaries of each of these entities, providing
direct access to the rationales for each of the respective recommendations.
Background details on the formation and mandates of the Commissions reviewed are
set out in Appendix 1 of this report, as are the links to the pertinent websites where
the full texts of the individual reports may be found.
This report will not be updated.
