TEAM
7
(COMMERCIAL AVIATION AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY)
WORK
PLAN
PART
ONE:
KEY
QUESTIONS
1.
Between June 22,
2001
(date of a relevant FAA security
circular)
and September 11, 2001, what
did
the FAA know about: a) security threats to civil aviation; b) threats from
al-Qaeda;
and c)
information
on the 9/11 hijackers? What did the airports and airlines know from the FAA, andother sources, about these subjects? How did the FAA, airports and airlines respond to the
information
in their possession?
2.
What civil aviation security procedures were
in
effect
in the
period between
the
enrollment
of the9/11
hijackers
in flight
schools
and the
grounding
of
civil aviation
on
September
11,2001
atDulles,
Logan
and
Newark airports; American
and
United airlines;
and flights AA
11,
AA 77, UA
93
and UA
175?
What relevant policies
and
procedures were
in
effect
within
the
Department
of
Defense
during
the
same period?
Did all of the
above policies
and
procedures comply withrelevant aviation security lawsandregulations?
3.
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 failure
or
failures
on that date: flaws in the design of the procedures; in the
transmittal
(includingdissemination
and
training);
in the
implementation; some combination;
or
some other
factor
orfactors?
4.
How was the
civil
aviationsecurity
system
in
place
on
9/11/01
financed,
and how did
that
impactthe governance, design,
efficacy
and operation of the system? What has changed since then withrespect to system financing and governance and what have been the results? What
further
changes, if any, should be considered?
5.
With respect
to
budgets
and
policy focus, what were
the
major
priorities
for
civil aviation securityprior to
9/11/01:
of the Congress; of the Executive Branch; of the airports; and of the airlines?
How
was security prioritized among other aviation policy considerations? What about since
9/11/01?
Are these the right priorities?
6.
What
has
changed with respect
to
civil aviation security procedures since September
11,
2001
?
What
further
improvements
are
needed?
7.
Looking at the entire field of aviation security, how does the security of civil aviation compare toGeneral Aviation
and Air
Cargo?
How do you
measure
this,
and how
should
it be
measured?
Is
the
current budget
and
policy
focus
for all
aviation security
the
optimal one?
If
not,
how
should
these
priorities
be
reordered?
8.
With respect to
transportation
modes other than civil aviation, how was the security system in
place
on
9/11/01
financed, and how did
that
impact
the
governance, design,
efficacy
and
operation of the system? What has changed since then with respect to system financing andgovernance
and
what have been
the
results? What
further
changes,
if
any, should
be
considered?
9.
Considering
all
transportation modes, what
are our
greatest security vulnerabilities
in
priority
order?Is the
current budget
and
policy
focus
for
security measures among
the
various modes
the
optimal one? If not, how should transportation security priorities be re-ordered?
10.
What are the status, costs and benefits of various transportation security measures that are
being
implementedor
considered, including: arming commercial aviation
and
other pilots; "trustedtraveler"
and
"trusted
shipper" programs
for
various transportation modes; CAPPS
II and
other
individual
profiling
systems; transportation security research and development; background
checks on
transportation employees; remote inspection
of
cargo;
and
missile
defense
for
civilian
aircraft?
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