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COMMERCIAL AVIATION
AND
TRANSPORTATION
SECURITY
TEAMWOKK
PLANQUESTIONS
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Prior to September
1
1,
2001,
what did the
U.S.
aviation security system know aboutterrorist threats to civil aviation? How did the
different
elements of the system respond
to
any
such information
in
their possession?
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What aviation
security
policies
and
procedures were
m
effect
as of
September
1
1,
2001?How did these measures comply with relevant laws and regulations?
3.
4.
6.
What
tactics and weapons did the
9/11
hijackers use to defeat the aviation security system
and
procedures in place on September
11,
2001?
What was the cause of the security
ilure
or failures on that date: flaws in the design of the procedures; in the transmittal
uding
dissemination and training); in the implementation; some combination; orsome
other
factor
or
factors?
What
were the
major
policy and budgetary priorities for civil aviation security prior to
9/11/01? How was
security prioritized among other aviation policy considerations?
How
did
the financing of the aviation security system impact that system?
What
has changed with respect to civil aviation security policies
and
j^rocedures
since
9/11/01?
What further improvements
are
needed
(including consideration
of
arming
commercial
aviation and other pilots; "trusted
traveler"
and "trusted shipper" programs;
CAPPS
II and other individual
profiling
systems; background checks on transportationemployees; missile defense
for
civilian aircraft;
and
regulation
of flight
schools)?
Considering all transportation modes, what are our greatest security vulnerabilities in
priority
order? How are such risks determined at present, and how should they bedetermined? What should
be the
budgetary
and
policy
priorities
across
all
transportationmodes?
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PART
TWO: BRIEFING PLAN
COMMISSIONERS
READING
LIST
CongressionalResearch Service,
Port and Maritime Security: Background and
Issues
for
Congress,
February
5,
2003,
27
pages.
Congressional Research Service,
Terrorism
Briefing
Book Summary
on
"Aviation
Security"
March
2003, 7 pages.
General
Accounting
Office,
testimony before Senate Committee on Commerce, Science andTransportation,
"Transportation
Security
Administration Faces Immediate
and Long-Term
Challenges,"
My
25, 2002, 28 pages.
Senate Committee on Governmental
Affairs
Hearing on
"
Weak
Links: How Should the
Federal
Government
Manage Airline Passenger
and
Baggage Screening!"
September
25,
2001, 165 pages. See especially prepared testimony of FAA (pp. 65-73); DOT Inspector General
(pp.
74-86);
GAO (pp. 87-104); Robert Baker, American Airlines (pp. 105-108); Paul Busick(pp.
109-1 14); and
Leonard
Griggs, Director
of
Airports
for St.
Louis (pp.
1
15-124).
 
Senate Committee
on
Governmental Affairs
Hearing
on
"Riding
the
Rails:
How
Secure
Is
Our
Passenger
and
Transit Infrastructure?"
December
13,
2001,136
pages.
See
especiallyprepared testimony of Federal Transit Administration (pp.
52-59);
Washington MetropolitanAreaTransit Authority (pp.
60-74);
and
Amtrak
(pp. 81-85).
Final Report
of
White House Commission
on
Aviation Safety
and
Security
("Gore
Commission"), 1997. See especially "Chapter Three: Improving Security for Travelers" and"Appendix
I:
Commissioner Cummock Dissent
Letter."
Also,
DOT
Status Report
on
WhiteHouse Commission
on
Aviation Safety
and
Security
("One Year
Later"),
February 1998,
11
pages.
Timelines for
Hijacked
9/11/01
Flights
at
(includes
hyperlinks
to relevant media accounts).
BRIEFERS
FOR
COMMISSIONERS
Secretary Norman
Mineta,
DOT (public briefing)
Admiral
James Loy, TSA (public briefing)Kenneth Mead, DOT
Inspector
General (public briefing)
Ray
Kelly, Customs Service and Gore Commission member (public or private briefing)
Gerald
Dillingham, GAO
Director
of Physical Infrastructure Issues (public or private briefing)Robert Baker, American Airlines and Mineta Task Force member (public or private briefing)
Carol
Hallett,
former
President,ATA(publicorprivate briefing)Stephen
Flynn,
Coast Guard and Council on Foreign Relations fellow (public or private briefing)
PART THREE:
KEY
DOCUMENT CATEGORIES
(in
descending order
of
priority)
1.
Airport
and
Air Carrier
Security
Plans
for
Dulles, Logan
and
Newark airports,
and
representative sampleofothers, pre-andpost-
9/11
(TSA,
FAA, relevant airportauthorities and airlines)
2.
"After
action"
reports on
9/11
hijackings and immediate agency
response
(FAA,
TSA,
other DOT, DOD, White
House)
3.
Flight recorder transcripts
for
9/11/01
hijacked
flights
(FAA,
TSA,
NTSB);
Air
Traffic
Services Cell (ATSC) reports on
9/11/01
communications between FAA and DOD (FAA,TSA); Flight Controller records on tracking of and communications with hijacked planes(FAA); transcripts and other records of cockpit communications from
hijacked
planes(FAA, TSA); transcripts and other records of
9/11/01
phone calls
from
Flight
11
attendants
Ong and Sweeney (American Airlines); transcripts and other records of anyother
9/11/01
phone calls or other communications from
passengers
or crew on
hijacked
planes
(FAA,
TSA, American Airlines, United Airlines); videotapes and any other
material
(including logs, records and incident reports) about hijackers from airport andairline
security
systems
(FAA,
TSA,
American Airlines, United
Airlines,
security chiefsfrom Dulles, Logan and Newark Airports;
9/11/01
screening companies for Dulles,Logan and Newark)
4.
Relevant TSA, FAA and DOT civil aviation security rules and regulations, pre- and post-9/11
(DOT,
TSA,
FAA)
5.
Civil aviation security procedural
and
training materials
for
passenger
and
baggagescreening,
access
to
aircraft
and
secure areas
of
airports,
and
airplane hijackings,
2001-
present
(FAA,
TSA)
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