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KEY
QUESTIONS
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1.
Prior
to
September
11,
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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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?
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 thetransmittal
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dissemination
and
training);
in the
implementation; some combination;
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some other
factor
or
factors?
4.
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
iprocedures
since
9/11/01?
What
further
improvements
are
needed (including consideration
of
arming
C
commercial
aviation
and
other pilots; "trusted
traveler"
and
"trusted shipper" programs;
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CAPPS
II and
other individual
profiling
systems; background checks
on
transportation
/
employees; missile defense
for
civilian aircraft;
and
regulation
of flight
schools)?
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6.
Considering
all
transportation modes, what
are our
greatest security vulnerabilities
in
priority order?
How are
such risks determined
at
present,
and how
should they
be
determined? What should
be the
budgetary
and
policy priorities
across
all
transportation
modes?
PART
TWO: BRIEFING PLAN
COMMISSIONERS
READING
LIST
Congressional Research 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
and
^Transportation,
"Transportation
Security
Administration Faces Immediate
andLong-Term
Challenges,"
July
25,
2002,
28
pages.
Senate Committee
on
Governmental
Affairs
Hearing
on
"Weak
Links:
How
Should
the
Federal
Government Manage Airline Passenger
and
Baggage
ScreeningT
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).
 
Senate Committee
on
Governmental Affairs
Hearing
on
"Riding
the
Rails:
How
Secure
IsOur
Passenger
and
Transit Infrastructure?"
December
13,2001,
136
pages.
See
especiallyprepared testimony of Federal Transit Administration (pp. 52-59); Washington Metropolitan
Area
Transit 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 (public or private 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
andAir
Carrier
Security
Plans
for
Dulles, Logan
and
Newark airports,
and
representative sample of others, pre- and post-
9/11
(TSA, FAA, relevant airportauthorities
and
airlines)
2.
"After
action"
reports on9/11hijackings 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) reportson
9/11/01
communications betweenFAA and DOD(FAA,TSA); Flight Controller
records
ontrackingof andcommunications 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
attendantsOng and Sweeney (American Airlines); transcripts and other records of anyother
9/11/01
phone calls or other communications from passengers or crew on hijackedplanes
(FAA,
TSA, American Airlines, United Airlines); videotapes and any other
material
(including logs, records and incident reports) about hijackers from airport and
airline
security systems (FAA,
TSA,
American Airlines, United Airlines, security
chiefs
from 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)
 
6.
Modal administrations' circulars and other communications onterrorist threats,
1995-
present
(FAA,
ISA,
FT
A,
Coast
Guard, etc.)
7.
Executive
Orders
on transportation security,
1985-present
(White
House)
8.
"Gore
Commission"
Final
Report, and latest
update
(White House,
DOT, TSA)
9.
Administration
requestsandCongressional actionsonaviationsecurity programbudgets,1995-present
(OMB, CBO)10. Threat
and
vulnerability
assessments
for
airports (FAA,
TSA),
ports (Coast
Guard) and
mass
transit systems
(Federal
Transit Administration)
PART FOUR:
PROPOSED STAFF
INTERVIEWS
(in
descending order
of
priority)
Kenneth
Mead,DOT
IG
(federal response to transportation security threats pre- and post-
9/11)
Mike
Canavan,
former
Assoc.
Admin.,
Civil Aviation Security (immediate lead-up
and
aftermath
of 9/11)
O.K.
Steele,
former
Assoc.
Admin.,
Civil Aviation Security (evolution
of
aviation security system)
RAdm.
Paul Busick,
former
Dir.
Intell and
Security
for DOT
(evolution
of
transportation security system)
Adm.
James
Loy,
TSA Administrator (same as for Mead)
Airline and
Airport Security
Officials
for
Dulles, Logan
and
Newark
(9/11
events
vs.
current system)
Flight
Controllers
who
tracked hijacked 9/11/01
flightsRepresentative of Air
Traffic
Services Cell
(re
9/11/01 communications between
FAA and
NORAD)
9/11
Victims/Family representatives
Key
stakeholder representatives (airports, pilots, flight attendants, etc.)
Congressional
staff
for
Appropriations, Senate Commerce
and
House Transportation Committees
Secretary
Norm
Mineta,
DOT
(same
as for
Mead)
Gerald Dillingham, GAO
(same
as for
Mead)
OMB
Associate Director responsible
for
transportation security (transportation security budgeting)
Jane Garvey,
former
head of FAA (aviation security system response to pre- and post- 9/11 threats)
Jim
Hall,
former
NTSB
and
Gore Commission (work
and
implementation
of
Gore Commission)
Bartholomew
Elias,
CRS
Specialist
on
Aviation Security (current aviation security issues
and
options)
Cathleen Berrick, GAO
Dir. Homeland Security (current transportation security issues
and
options)
Bogdan Dzakovic,FAA/TSA
whistleblower (agency administrative shortcomings)
Lynn
Osmus,
former
Dir.
FAA
Civil Aviation Security (evolution
of
transportation security system)
Joe
Lawless,
MA
Ports Authority
and
former
head
of
security
for
Logan (airport perspective)Brian Jenkins,
Kroll
Associates (aviation security/terrorism expert)
JohnHamre,
former
DOD and now
head
of
CSIS (DOD preparation
for
9/11-type scenarios)
Mary
Schiavo,
former
DOT IG and now
attorney
for9/11
families
(shortcomings
in
fed. Security
efforts)
John
Fritelli,
CRS
Specialist
on
Maritime Security (current port security issues
and
options)TrixieJohnson, Research Dir. Mineta Transportation Institute (transitandrail security issues)
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