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National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Page 1 of 16
NATIONAL UOMMI ".RRORIS"
About the Commission | Hearings | Press | Archive | Contact Us First public hearing of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Statement of Gerald L. Dillingham to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States ApriM, 2003 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Commission: We are here today to discuss our public work on transportation security. As you know, the General Accounting Office is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the Congress. Our mission is to support the Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and accountability of the federal government for the American people. We examine the use of public funds; evaluate federal programs and policies; and provide analyses, recommendations, and other assistance to help the Congress make informed oversight, policy, and funding decisions. Our commitment to good government is reflected in our core values of accountability, integrity, and reliability. We wish to thank the Commission for inviting us today to share our knowledge of transportation security issues, and we look forward to continuing to work with you. Since September 11, 2001, securing our nation's transportation system from terrorist attacks has assumed great urgency. On November 19, 2001, the Congress enacted the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, which created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) within the Department of Transportation (DOT) and defined its primary responsibility as ensuring security in all modes of transportation. DOT then worked to strengthen security through its modal administrations while simultaneously organizing the new agency to meet the longer-term challenge of implementing security improvements that will not excessively inhibit commerce and travel or interfere with other critical agency missions. With the passage of the Homeland Security Act on
http://www.9-llcommission.gov/hearings/hearingl/witness_dillingham.htm
Current News The Commission released its first interim report on July 8, 2003. [more] The Commission held its third public hearing on "Terrorism, Al Qaeda, and the Muslim World" on July 9, 2003 in Washington, DC. [more] Commission Members Thomas H. Kean Chair Lee H. Hamilton Vice Chair Richard Ben-Veniste Max Cleland Fred F. Fielding Jamie S. Gorelick Slade Gorton John F. Lehman Timothy J. Roemer James R. Thompson Commission Staff
7/17/03
Page 1 of 10
Gore Commission Final Report
HIMTB A V I A T I O N No one knows airports better
Gore Commission Final Report Introduction Americans fly more often, more efficiently, and more safely than any other people in the world. Each year, US airlines carry Americans on some 500 million trips -- 40 percent of the world's total. Fourteen of the world's twenty busiest airports are in America. Ninety eight percent of all passengers go through one of the nation's fifty busiest airports, with connection times commonly under 25 minutes. There is absolutely no safer way to travel than on a US airline. In fact, people are far more likely to get hurt or killed driving to the airport than on the flight itself. Nevertheless, terrorists are a real threat to American air travelers. Terrorists bombed Pan Am flight 103, killing 270 people. Terrorists plotted to bomb twelve American airliners out of the sky over the Pacific ocean - and killed one person in a test of their plan. In the past eight years, people took about six billion air trips world-wide; about 700 people died when bombs destroyed their airplanes. The FBI, the CIA, and other intelligence sources have been warning that the threat of terrorism is changing in two important ways. First, it is no longer just an overseas threat from foreign terrorists. People and places in the USA have joined the list of targets, and Americans have joined the ranks of terrorists. The bombings of the World Trade Center in New York and the Federal Building in Oklahoma City are clear examples of the shift. The second change is that in addition to well-known, established terrorist groups, it is becoming more common to find terrorists working alone or in ad-hoc groups. Some terrorists are not afraid to die in carrying out their evil designs. Although the threat of terrorism is increasing, the danger of an individual becoming a victim of a terrorist attack ~ let alone an aircraft bombing ~ will doubtless remain very, very small. But terrorism isn't merely a matter of statistics. We fear a plane crash far more than we fear something like a car accident. We may survive a car accident, but we don't have a chance in a plane at 30,000 feet. This fear is one of the reasons that terrorists see airplanes as attractive targets. And, they know that airlines are often seen as national symbols.
http://www.airportnet.org/depts/regulatory/goreini.htm
7/17/03
On Blair's urging, Sharon meets with polemical British diplomat (September 28, 2001)
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On Blair's urging, Sharon meets with polemical British diplomat MATTHEW E. BERGER Jewish Telegraphic Agency WASHINGTON — Boarding a domestic flight in the United States could soon be as tough as boarding a flight to Israel on El Al Airlines. But while Israel has often been mentioned as the model for domestic security ever since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, transforming America into a security-conscious land like Israel may not be so easy. Whether traveling by air or walking into a movie theater, Israelis are accustomed to their bags being checked by professional security personnel. Ordinary civilians are on the alert for suspicious packages. Yonah Alexander, an Israeli and professor of terrorism studies here, said the United States used to view terrorism as a nuisance, and something that would go away. "Now it seems that the superpower of the United States and the international community is looking at Israel's experiment as an experiment that worked most of the time," said Alexander, director of the International Center for Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute in suburban Washington. He said Americans will need to take the mundane security steps that Israel has had for years, such as frequent checks
http://www.jewishsf.com/bk010928/iexpl5a.shtml
7/17/03
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New York City - Balancing Security
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After a disgruntled former airline employee boarded a plane in Los Angeles in 1987 and fired a gun, t Top Stories ] causing the plane to crash into a California hillside, m the FAA began fining airlines $10,000 every time a • Cpps_Nab_2QJDrug weapon was allowed through security. Rats' U.S. carriers jammed the federal courts with lawsuits and fought the penalties all the way to the Supreme Court before abandoning the fight. When American Airlines in the mid-1980s attempted to upgrade security by installing sophisticated detection equipment similar to that used by El Al, it had to halt its efforts because the project was too expensive and the company couldn't compete with competitors' lower fares.
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Just last year, when the airlines' largest lobbying m Quiet Service for group testified before a Senate committee about Flight 800 federal plans to regulate companies that screen passengers and luggage, its security director said the industry feared the "economic impact." So when the airlines approached Congress this week about what is estimated to be a $18-billion bailout, many experts couldn't help but wonder whether they could have prevented their dire financial straits by spending money to bolster
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JRUPAX June 03,2002
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P-CEL R E S E A R C H
Crupax - TheUltimate Protection Since the events of September 11, 2001 the FAA and Transport Canada have mandated the installation of secure cockpit doors with internal locking devices on commercial aircraft. Many people, however, are now starting to realize that these doors alone will not solve the problem. No matter how well constructed the door is, the cockpit is vulnerable each time the door is opened, an average of about eight times per flight.
The CRUPAX Flight Deck Security System was designed by an international consortium with input from law enforcement, security, pilots, flight attendants, aerospace engineers, airlines and the flying public. This system leaves nothing to chance, but is extremely user friendly. It is a modern, improved, light-weight version of the Israeli system employed for many years by El Al Airlines, who have never had an aircraft hijacked. It is non-lethal and unobtrusive, designed to tactfully keep all unauthorized persons away from the cockpit door when it is unlocked.
Examine the anatomy of a terrorist hijacking. If I am a trained terrorist, I am not concerned about any weapon (including an air marshal's) being used against me, for the chances of that happening are slim indeed. When I board the aircraft I do not need to carry anything on my person or in my luggage that airport security might detect, and I have no known criminal record that would identify me, so picking me out of the crowd is an impossible task.
The new fortified cockpit doors will prevent low-grade hijackers and air rage cases from invading the cockpit by breaking through the door, but they do nothing to deter the well- trained, determined terrorist. If I am that person, I know that I do not have to break through the cockpit door. Leave that for the amateurs. All I have to do is occupy a first class seat in the front row and rush the cockpit door when it is open. It is a virtual certainty that at some point a flight attendant will knock on the door and it will be opened, and that is when I make my move. I hit the flight attendant in the back with a solid body check and send her flying into the cockpit, probably knocking over the pilot who unlocked the door in the process. Before anyone can even think of reacting, I am in the cockpit and my martial arts training enables me to incapacitate or kill the other pilot in short order.
Even if there is an air marshal on board who is awake, alert and not in the bathroom, he has little or no opportunity to stop me. I have moved so quickly that I am inside the cockpit before he can draw his firearm, and by the time he reacts I have locked the bulletproof door behind me and he has no way of reaching me.
Situation Assessment: I have reached this point without the help of accomplices, without a weapon, and with little or no resistance, because I have planned this very carefully and know there is no way to defend against me. I have
http://www.p-cel.com/crupax/CRUP AX_news_2002/crupax-ultj_prtctn.html
7/17/03
Page 1 of 5
History of Terror Attacks
'That Mexican guy is pretty smart/
HISTORY HISTORY'S HOME ON THE INTERNET History of Terror Attacks
ABOUT MULTIEDUCATOR ABOUT HISTORYCENTRAi CONTACT US
The terrorist attack on the United States yesterday ( September 11th, 2001) was the worse in history. It was not however the first terrorist attack of this new century, and certainly the last century was one in which terror came to the forefront of the world scene. Here is a partial list of some of the major terrorist action since 1968: 1968: July 23rd - Three members of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijack an El Al plane to Rome
FOR EDUCATORS FOR STUDENTS
November 22nd - Twelve people were killed at a bombing in the market in Jerusalem
1969February 18th An El Al aircraft in Zurich Switzerland was attacked, the copilot was killed February 21st were killed and eight injured in a bomb blast in Jerusalem August 29th A TWA 707 was hijacked by Palestinian terrorist to Damascus
http://www.multied.comyTerrorhistory.html
7/17/03
Page 1 of 16
NATIONAL UOMMI ".RRORIS"
About the Commission | Hearings | Press | Archive | Contact Us First public hearing of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Statement of Gerald L. Dillingham to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States ApriM, 2003 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Commission: We are here today to discuss our public work on transportation security. As you know, the General Accounting Office is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the Congress. Our mission is to support the Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and accountability of the federal government for the American people. We examine the use of public funds; evaluate federal programs and policies; and provide analyses, recommendations, and other assistance to help the Congress make informed oversight, policy, and funding decisions. Our commitment to good government is reflected in our core values of accountability, integrity, and reliability. We wish to thank the Commission for inviting us today to share our knowledge of transportation security issues, and we look forward to continuing to work with you. Since September 11, 2001, securing our nation's transportation system from terrorist attacks has assumed great urgency. On November 19, 2001, the Congress enacted the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, which created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) within the Department of Transportation (DOT) and defined its primary responsibility as ensuring security in all modes of transportation. DOT then worked to strengthen security through its modal administrations while simultaneously organizing the new agency to meet the longer-term challenge of implementing security improvements that will not excessively inhibit commerce and travel or interfere with other critical agency missions. With the passage of the Homeland Security Act on
http://www.9-llcommission.gov/hearings/hearingl/witness_dillingham.htm
Current News The Commission released its first interim report on July 8, 2003. [more] The Commission held its third public hearing on "Terrorism, Al Qaeda, and the Muslim World" on July 9, 2003 in Washington, DC. [more] Commission Members Thomas H. Kean Chair Lee H. Hamilton Vice Chair Richard Ben-Veniste Max Cleland Fred F. Fielding Jamie S. Gorelick Slade Gorton John F. Lehman Timothy J. Roemer James R. Thompson Commission Staff
7/17/03
Page 1 of 10
Gore Commission Final Report
HIMTB A V I A T I O N No one knows airports better
Gore Commission Final Report Introduction Americans fly more often, more efficiently, and more safely than any other people in the world. Each year, US airlines carry Americans on some 500 million trips -- 40 percent of the world's total. Fourteen of the world's twenty busiest airports are in America. Ninety eight percent of all passengers go through one of the nation's fifty busiest airports, with connection times commonly under 25 minutes. There is absolutely no safer way to travel than on a US airline. In fact, people are far more likely to get hurt or killed driving to the airport than on the flight itself. Nevertheless, terrorists are a real threat to American air travelers. Terrorists bombed Pan Am flight 103, killing 270 people. Terrorists plotted to bomb twelve American airliners out of the sky over the Pacific ocean - and killed one person in a test of their plan. In the past eight years, people took about six billion air trips world-wide; about 700 people died when bombs destroyed their airplanes. The FBI, the CIA, and other intelligence sources have been warning that the threat of terrorism is changing in two important ways. First, it is no longer just an overseas threat from foreign terrorists. People and places in the USA have joined the list of targets, and Americans have joined the ranks of terrorists. The bombings of the World Trade Center in New York and the Federal Building in Oklahoma City are clear examples of the shift. The second change is that in addition to well-known, established terrorist groups, it is becoming more common to find terrorists working alone or in ad-hoc groups. Some terrorists are not afraid to die in carrying out their evil designs. Although the threat of terrorism is increasing, the danger of an individual becoming a victim of a terrorist attack ~ let alone an aircraft bombing ~ will doubtless remain very, very small. But terrorism isn't merely a matter of statistics. We fear a plane crash far more than we fear something like a car accident. We may survive a car accident, but we don't have a chance in a plane at 30,000 feet. This fear is one of the reasons that terrorists see airplanes as attractive targets. And, they know that airlines are often seen as national symbols.
http://www.airportnet.org/depts/regulatory/goreini.htm
7/17/03
On Blair's urging, Sharon meets with polemical British diplomat (September 28, 2001)
Q Business Administration (7) Q Education ^5) NlWt
Page 1 of 3
Q Criminal Justice (1) LJ Information Technology
»»****«>**
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On Blair's urging, Sharon meets with polemical British diplomat MATTHEW E. BERGER Jewish Telegraphic Agency WASHINGTON — Boarding a domestic flight in the United States could soon be as tough as boarding a flight to Israel on El Al Airlines. But while Israel has often been mentioned as the model for domestic security ever since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, transforming America into a security-conscious land like Israel may not be so easy. Whether traveling by air or walking into a movie theater, Israelis are accustomed to their bags being checked by professional security personnel. Ordinary civilians are on the alert for suspicious packages. Yonah Alexander, an Israeli and professor of terrorism studies here, said the United States used to view terrorism as a nuisance, and something that would go away. "Now it seems that the superpower of the United States and the international community is looking at Israel's experiment as an experiment that worked most of the time," said Alexander, director of the International Center for Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute in suburban Washington. He said Americans will need to take the mundane security steps that Israel has had for years, such as frequent checks
http://www.jewishsf.com/bk010928/iexpl5a.shtml
7/17/03
Page 1 of 4
New York City - Balancing Security
SPORTS ' BUSINESS
iNTEgfAiNMINT
PHOTOS ' POLITICS ' MULTIMEDIA
" MARKETPLACE
ROWSE LOTTO I TRAFFIC I AP WIRE I YELLOW PAGES
-SEARCH
COMPUTE CLASSIFIEDS
Balancing Security
L
-WEATHER
^| 2,442 m 2,538 & 3,092
Airlines: It's government's job
I Currently: 82° [Clear Forecast I Radar •Inside NYC NEWS • NY Newsday Home • Newsday Home • Manhattan • Queens • Brooklyn • Bronx • Staten Island " • Ground Zero • Crime / Courts • Schools • Transportation • Politics • Long Island • Columnists • In Today's Paper TOP NEWS • Nation • World .• State • Health / Science • Obituaries • Student Briefing -SPORTS • Scoreboard • Giants - • Jets • Nets • Knicks • Liberty
By Lauren Terrazzano and Sylvia Adcock STAFF WRITERS
H Email this story
September 20, 2001
la Printer friendly format
JehS Homes Cars
Find a Job Post A Resume Post A Job
After a disgruntled former airline employee boarded a plane in Los Angeles in 1987 and fired a gun, t Top Stories ] causing the plane to crash into a California hillside, m the FAA began fining airlines $10,000 every time a • Cpps_Nab_2QJDrug weapon was allowed through security. Rats' U.S. carriers jammed the federal courts with lawsuits and fought the penalties all the way to the Supreme Court before abandoning the fight. When American Airlines in the mid-1980s attempted to upgrade security by installing sophisticated detection equipment similar to that used by El Al, it had to halt its efforts because the project was too expensive and the company couldn't compete with competitors' lower fares.
a Mayor. Commish Press Banks H PQ\m Officials Named
Jobs I Homes I Cars Vlft,
Fleet HomeLtnk41* Jnrfjfjf
m Weekend Subway Snarls on Track
Just last year, when the airlines' largest lobbying m Quiet Service for group testified before a Senate committee about Flight 800 federal plans to regulate companies that screen passengers and luggage, its security director said the industry feared the "economic impact." So when the airlines approached Congress this week about what is estimated to be a $18-billion bailout, many experts couldn't help but wonder whether they could have prevented their dire financial straits by spending money to bolster
http://www.nynewsday.com/ny-ussafe20237461 Isep20,0,971124. story
.COMPLETE CLASSIFIEDS .
Fleet HomeLink Online Banking.
FleetOne Checking. Better; rates, tools, access! smarter checking >
7/17/03
JRUPAX June 03,2002
Page 1 of 3
P-CEL R E S E A R C H
Crupax - TheUltimate Protection Since the events of September 11, 2001 the FAA and Transport Canada have mandated the installation of secure cockpit doors with internal locking devices on commercial aircraft. Many people, however, are now starting to realize that these doors alone will not solve the problem. No matter how well constructed the door is, the cockpit is vulnerable each time the door is opened, an average of about eight times per flight.
The CRUPAX Flight Deck Security System was designed by an international consortium with input from law enforcement, security, pilots, flight attendants, aerospace engineers, airlines and the flying public. This system leaves nothing to chance, but is extremely user friendly. It is a modern, improved, light-weight version of the Israeli system employed for many years by El Al Airlines, who have never had an aircraft hijacked. It is non-lethal and unobtrusive, designed to tactfully keep all unauthorized persons away from the cockpit door when it is unlocked.
Examine the anatomy of a terrorist hijacking. If I am a trained terrorist, I am not concerned about any weapon (including an air marshal's) being used against me, for the chances of that happening are slim indeed. When I board the aircraft I do not need to carry anything on my person or in my luggage that airport security might detect, and I have no known criminal record that would identify me, so picking me out of the crowd is an impossible task.
The new fortified cockpit doors will prevent low-grade hijackers and air rage cases from invading the cockpit by breaking through the door, but they do nothing to deter the well- trained, determined terrorist. If I am that person, I know that I do not have to break through the cockpit door. Leave that for the amateurs. All I have to do is occupy a first class seat in the front row and rush the cockpit door when it is open. It is a virtual certainty that at some point a flight attendant will knock on the door and it will be opened, and that is when I make my move. I hit the flight attendant in the back with a solid body check and send her flying into the cockpit, probably knocking over the pilot who unlocked the door in the process. Before anyone can even think of reacting, I am in the cockpit and my martial arts training enables me to incapacitate or kill the other pilot in short order.
Even if there is an air marshal on board who is awake, alert and not in the bathroom, he has little or no opportunity to stop me. I have moved so quickly that I am inside the cockpit before he can draw his firearm, and by the time he reacts I have locked the bulletproof door behind me and he has no way of reaching me.
Situation Assessment: I have reached this point without the help of accomplices, without a weapon, and with little or no resistance, because I have planned this very carefully and know there is no way to defend against me. I have
http://www.p-cel.com/crupax/CRUP AX_news_2002/crupax-ultj_prtctn.html
7/17/03
Page 1 of 5
History of Terror Attacks
'That Mexican guy is pretty smart/
HISTORY HISTORY'S HOME ON THE INTERNET History of Terror Attacks
ABOUT MULTIEDUCATOR ABOUT HISTORYCENTRAi CONTACT US
The terrorist attack on the United States yesterday ( September 11th, 2001) was the worse in history. It was not however the first terrorist attack of this new century, and certainly the last century was one in which terror came to the forefront of the world scene. Here is a partial list of some of the major terrorist action since 1968: 1968: July 23rd - Three members of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijack an El Al plane to Rome
FOR EDUCATORS FOR STUDENTS
November 22nd - Twelve people were killed at a bombing in the market in Jerusalem
1969February 18th An El Al aircraft in Zurich Switzerland was attacked, the copilot was killed February 21st were killed and eight injured in a bomb blast in Jerusalem August 29th A TWA 707 was hijacked by Palestinian terrorist to Damascus
http://www.multied.comyTerrorhistory.html
7/17/03
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