September 11 Commission Hearing
Former Mayor Giuliani testified about the city’s response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Among the topics he addressed were the effectiveness of emerg…
1,539 viewsFormer Mayor Giuliani testified about the city’s response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Among the topics he addressed were the effectiveness of emerg…
1,539 viewsUsing a map and portions of NBC’s election night coverage, three political scientists dissected the results of a presidential contest that saw Jimmy Carter narrowly defeat incumbent Presiden…
1,498 viewsAt the 1988 Republican National Convention, Vice President Bush delivered his acceptance speech as the Republican presidential candidate.
11,011 viewsBipartisan Policy Center and the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks released a report on the 10th anniversary of the original commission report. The new report examined threats to the …
807 viewsFormer 9/11 Commission Co-Chairs Tom Kean and Congressman Lee Hamilton, and other members of the commission, said the U.S. had failed to make progress on nine of 41 counter-terrorism actions…
316 viewsEmergency response officials testified about the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Among the issues they addressed were the events that transpired that day, …
830 viewsCommissioners released their final report on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and talked to reporters about their findings and recommendations. The report assign…
595 viewsGeorge Tenet CIA Director and John McLaughlin Deputy CIA Director testified before The 9/11 Commission, about intelligence gathering and sharing before and after the September 11, 2001 terro…
1,122 viewsCommission staff members detailed the events of the morning of September 11, 2001 in which terrorists hijacked four airplanes in a coordinated attack on the U.S. and the minute-to-minute res…
3,795 viewsCommittee staff members and intelligence officials testified about the development and execution of the plot to use commercial aircraft as weapons of terror in an attack on major U.S. landma…
1,386 viewsThe September 11th Commission conducted its final set of public hearings. Commission staff offered a statement on the history of al Qaeda. Intelligence officials testified about the use of …
735 viewsDr. Rice testified under oath about the Bush administration’s counterterrorism policies before and after terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001. Among the issues she addressed w…
1,562 viewsMr. Armitage testified about Bush administration counterterrorism efforts, the administration’s foreign policy priorities, and the handling of intelligence information before and after the S…
260 viewsMr. Berger talked about the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. The focus was on Clinton administration intelligence and counterterrorism strategies, and the priority given to t…
316 viewsMiddle East scholars testified before the National Commission on the September 11 Terrorist Attacks about state sponsored terrorism in several states including Iraq, Syria and Iran. Among th…
334 viewsWitnesses testified regarding the response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. They talked about how various localities prepare first-responders and coordi…
567 viewsThe 4th Annual Justice John Paul Stevens Awards were presented to Judge Joel Flaum, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit; Judge Earl Strayhorn of the Cook County Circ…
215 viewsWitnesses testified about an investigation into financial mismanagement by officials at a union-owned insurance company, ULLICO, which involved insider trading and stock price manipulation. …
46 viewsSeveral panels of witnesses testified about the September 11 terrorist attacks. Topics included transportation security before and after September 11, al-Qaeda and its finances, the United N…
574 viewsThe Federal Judges Association held a panel discussion on judicial independence. Judges and members of the American Bar Association talked about cameras in the courtroom, judicial compensati…
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