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FOR
OFFICIAL
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ONLY
COMMISSION
SENSITIVE
NATIONAL
COMMISSION
ON
TERRORIST ATTACKS
UPON THE
UNITED STATES
TEAM #7
WORKPLAN
COMMERCIALAVIATION ANDTRANSPORTATIONSECURITY
Team Members:
SamBrinkley
William JohnstoneJohn
Raidt
Item
1 Key
Questions
of the
InvestigationItem 2 Suggested Readings and
Briefings
Item
3 Document Requests
Item
4Interview Candidates
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#7
Item 1:
Key Questions
1.
Prior
to
September
11,
2001,
what
did the
U.S. aviation security system knowaboutterrorist threats to civil aviation? How did the
different
elements of thesystem respond
to any
such information
in
their possession?
2.
What aviation security
policies
and
procedures were
in
effect
as of
September
11,
2001?
How did
these measures comply with relevant laws
and
regulations?What
was
known
of the
effectiveness
of
this system,
and how was
this measured?
3.
What tactics
and
weapons
did the
9/11
hijackers
use to
defeat
the
aviation securitysystem
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
(including dissemination and training); in the implementation;some combination;
or
some other factor
or
factors?
4.
What were
the
major
policy
and
budgetary priorities
for
civil aviation securityprior
to
9/11/01?
How was
security prioritized among other aviation policyconsiderations? What
risk
management techniques were used
in
making aviation
security
determinations? How did the financing of the aviation security systemimpact that system?5. What has changed with respect to civil aviation security policies and proceduressince
9/11/01?
What
further
improvementsareneeded (including consideration
of
arming commercial aviation
and
other pilots; "trusted traveler"
and
"trusted
shipper" programs; CAPPS II and other individual
profiling
systems; backgroundchecks on transportation employees; missile defense for civilian aircraft; and
regulation
of
flight
schools)?6. Considering all transportation modes, what risk management process (orprocesses)
is (or
are) utilized
by
federal agencies
in
determining
the
priority
ofsecurity
vulnerabilities
and the
allocation
of
resources? What
are the
current
transportation
security budget and policy priorities, and how does this compare
with
theresultsof therisk management process? What shouldbe theprioritiesacross all transportation modes?
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TEAM #7
Item
2:
Suggested Readings
and
Briefings
Congressional Research Service,
Terrorism
Briefing
Book Summary
on
"AviationSecurity"
March
2003,
7
pages.General Accounting Office, testimony before Senate Committee
on
Commerce, Science
and
Transportation,
"Transportation Security Administration Faces Immediate
and
Long-
Term
Challenges,"
July
25,
2002,
28
pages.National Academy
of
Sciences,
Making
the
Nation
Safer:
The
Role
of
Science
andTechnology
in
Countering Terrorism.
June
2002.
See
especially,
"Chapter
7:
Transportation
Systems,"
(pp.
210-237).
Senate CommitteeonGovernmental Affairs Hearingon
"Weak
Links:
How
Should
the
Federal
Government Manage Airline PassengerandBaggage 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.
109-114);
and
Leonard
Griggs,
Director
of
Airports
for St.
Louis (pp. 115-124).Timeline
for
9/11/01
hijackers prepared
by
Miles Kara. (For more details
see
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/ which includes hyperlinks to relevant mediaaccounts).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
White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security ("One Year
Later"),
February1998,
11
pages.
BRIEFERS
FOR
COMMISSIONERS
Secretary Norman Mineta, DOT (public briefing)
Admiral
James
Loy,
TSA
(public briefing)
Kenneth
Mead,DOTInspector 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
(public
or
private briefing)
Stephen
Flynn,
Project Director
for Hart-Rudman
U
(2002) (public
or
private briefing)
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