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National Commission onTerrorist Attacks Upon the United States

Team #8: National Leadership: Immediate Response,Crisis Management, and Continuity ContingenciesTeam Members: Miles Kara

Dana HydeItem #1 Key Questions & IssuesItem #2: Suggested ReadingsItem #3: Document RequestsItem #4: Interview Candidates


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A. Tracking an d Attempted Interdiction of Hijacked Airliners(1 ) What accounts for the apparent delay by the FAA in notifying

NORAD of the hijackings? What were the protocols between theFA A and NO RA D concerning hijacked airliners? How were thoseprocedures followed on the m orning of September 11 th?(2 ) Why did N O R AD ' s planes fail to intercept the hijacked airliners?In particular, why did NORAD planes fail to intercept Flight #77?(3 ) When did the President authorize the military to shoot downcivilian aircraft presumed to be under the control of hijackers?W hat specifically did he authorize? How was that ordercommunicated down the chain of command?(4) W ould NO RA D planes (or other mili tary aircraft) have been in aposition to shoot down Flight #93 had it not crashed in aPennsylvania field?

B. Emergency Response from the W hite House on 9/11(1 ) On the morning of September 11 th, what steps did the nationalleadership take to ensure the continuity of government? Whatemergency response plans were activated? How did actionsconform to the plans?(2 ) What civil defensive measures did military and law enforcementagencies take on the morning of September 11 th to protect thenation from further attacks?

(3) How was the decision made to ground all air traffic in the UnitedStates? How was it implemented? What are the lessons learnedfrom this experience?(4 ) W hat steps w ere taken in the immediate aftermath of the attacks toprotect the economic security of our nation ?(5 ) What decisions were made an d what steps were taken onSeptember 11th to provide for the victims of the attacks an d theirfamilies? W hat decisions were m ade (and how ) regardingfinancial assistance to New York City?


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C. Key Decisions in the Immediate Aftermath of 9/11(1 ) How did the President use the power of the bully pulpit in theimmediate aftermath of 9/11 to shape the nation's response to thetragedy? In particular, what was the decision making process that

went into crafting his three major addresses: (1) the evening of9/11, (2) at the National Cathedral on 9/14, and (3) to a join tsession of Congress on 9/20?(2 ) What key domestic policy decisions were made at the White Housefrom September 11 to September 20 th? Specifically, wh at wasthe role of the Domestic Consequences Principals Committee insetting and coordinating th e national domestic policy agenda fo rthat period?


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DRAFT05/02/03, 12:58 PMPage 4II. SUGGESTED READING S

A. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS ON 9/11(1) FAA & NORAD

a. William B. Scott, Exercise Jump-Starts Response toAttacks, Aviation Week & Space Technology. 3 June 2002,Vol. 156, No. 22, p. 48.b. William B. Scott, Norad and FAA Sharpen View InsideBorders, Aviation Week & Space Technology. 10 Jun e2002, Vol. 156, No. 23, p. 50.c. W illiam B. Scott, F-16 Pilots Considered Ramming Flight

93, Aviation Week & Space Technology. 9 September2002, Vol. 157, No. 11, p. 7.

(2) Decision Making at the White Housea. Tim Russert, Interview with Vice President RichardCheney, Meet the Press. 16 September 2001.b. Nicholas Lemann, The Options: After the Morning ofSeptember 11 th , the Presidency Changed, Too, The NewYorker. 1 October, 2001, p. 70.c. Evan Thomas, The Day That Changed Am erica,Newsweek, 31 December 2001 (select pages).d. Dan Balz & Bob Woodward, Secretary Rumsfeld Interview

with the Washington Post, Defense Link.www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2002/t02052002. 9 January 2002.

e. Dan Balz & Bob Wood ward, America's Chaotic Road toWar; Bush's Global Strategy Began to Take Shape in theFirst Frantic Hours After Attack, The Washington Post. 27January 2002, sec. A, p. 1.f. Bob Woodward, Bush at War, (Simon & Schuster 2002),pp 1-40.


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DRAFT05/02/03, 12:58 PMPageS(3) Presidential Statements

a. W hite House Press Office, Remarks by the President AfterTwo Planes Crash Into World Trade Center, 9:30 am EDT,September 11,2001.

b. W hite House Press Office, Remarks by the President UponArrival at Barksdale Air Force Base, September 11, 2001.c. W hite Ho use Press Office, Statement by the President inHis Address to the Nation, 8:30 pm EDT, September 11,

2001.d. W hite Hou se Press Office, President's Remarks at NationalDay of Prayer and Remembrance, September 14, 2001.e. W hite House Press Office, Address to a Joint Session of

Congress and the American People, September 20, 2001.(4) Timelines

a. Directorate of P ublic Affairs, North American AerospaceDefense Command, NORAD's Response Times, September,2001.b. C N N , September 11: Chronology of terror,www .CNN.com . September 12 , 2001 (posted 12:27 pmEDT).

B. BACKGROUND MATERIALSContinuity of Government (COG), Continuity ofOperations (COOP)& Enduring Constitutional Government (ECG) Programs

a. Steven Emerson, America's Doomsday Project, 1 August,1989, Vol. 107, No. 6, p. 26.b. Barton Gellman & Susan Schmidt, Shadow Government isat Work in Secret: After Attacks, Bush Ordered 100

Officials to Bunkers Away from Capital to Ensure FederalSurvival, The Washington Post. 1March 2002.c. Department of Treasury, Public Report of the White HouseSecurity Review,

www.fas.org/irp/agency/ustreas/usss/tlpubrpt.htn (selectpages)


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IV . DOCUMENT REQUESTSA. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

(1 ) Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)a. Crisis Coordination Group (CCG) docum ents re 9/11b. SECDEF an d DEPSECDEF logs, briefings, memos from9/11

(2 ) Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)a. Transcript and tape of the Air Threat Conferenc e Call themorning of 9/11b. Crisis Action Team (CAT) documents re response to 9/11c. National M ilitary Com man d Center log(s) from 9/11d. Rules of Engagem ent (ROE ) concerning hi jacked aircraftand domestic air defense.

(3 ) Defense Intell igence Agenc y (DIA)a. Na tional M ilitary Joint Intelligence Center (NM JIC) andJoint Intelligenc e Task Force - Countering Terrorism

(JITF-CT) logs from 9/11b. Intelligence Task Force (ITF) documents, if activated(4) NORAD

a. Ru les of Eng age me nt regarding hijacked airlinersb. Real t ime radar and ASCI files from the Joint SurveillanceSystem for: (1 ) th e four hijacked airliners, (2 ) scrambledmilitary planes responding to the hijacked airliners, and (3)Air Force O nec. Command/operat ion logs for 9/11 from Cheyenne andNEADd. After-action reports assessing NOR AD's response to 9/11e . Notes or documents related to the Air Threat ConferenceCallf. NORAD review presented at NRO Conference (CherieGott)g. Docum ents describing Vigilant Guardian exerciseh. Record of NO RA D actions re Russian strategic aviationexercisei. Organizational Charts (current and as of 9/11)


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B. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (U.S. SECRETSERVICE)(1) Classified Version of 1994 White House Security Review(2) Movem ent log of POTUS and VPOTUS detail(3 ) Comm and and operation logs regarding commun ications withAndrews Air Force Base(4 ) Protocols between the Service and FAA regarding air threats an demergency response(5) Protocols between the Service and the military regarding the same(6) Emergency Response Plans (COG, COOP and ECG)(7 ) Orga nizational Charts (current and as of 9/11)

C. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE(1) Com mand Center logs for 9/11 (DOJ & FBI)(2) Organization Charts for DOJ & FBI (current and as of 9/11)(3) All docu me nts related to DOJ's participation in the DomesticConsequences Principals Committee from 9/11 to 9/20

D. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (FAA)(1) All docum ents related to policies and procedures concerninghijacked aircraft (current and as of 9/11)(2) Protocols between the FAA & NO RA D regarding hijackedairliners (current and as of 9/11)(3 ) Protocols between the FAA & law enforcement agencies (e.g.,Secret Service) r egard ing hijacked airliners (current and as of 9/11)(4 ) Organizational charts (cu rrent and as of 9/11)(5) All docu me nts related to the FAA's tracking of hijacked airlinerson 9/11 an d communications with NO RA D(6) Logs from the FAA command center for 9/11


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(9 ) A ll documents related to DOT's participation in the DomesticConsequences Principals Committee from 9/11 to 9/20

E. DEPARTMENTOF TREASURY(1) Notes, memos an d other documents related to decision to closefinancial markets on 9/11(2 ) Same re decision to reopen all financial markets

F. WHITE HOUSE(1) Situation Room

a. Com mand, operation and com mun ication logs for 9/11b. Emergency response plans (current and as of 9/11)(2 ) W hite House Mil i tary Office

a. Com mand, operation and comm unication logs for 9//11b. Emergency response plans (current and as of 9/11)(3) National Security Counc il

a. National Security Directives regarding Con tinuity ofGovernment and/or Co ntinuity of Operationsb. Executive Orders regarding Continuity of Governm entand/or Co ntinuity of O perations(4 ) General

a. POTU S schedule 9 /11 -9/20b. VPOTUS schedule 9/11 -9/20c. The President 's Daily Diary for September 11 th (consists ofth e Service's Movem ent log, th e President 's schedule asannotated by the personal aide, and the phone log)d. Documents of the "Domestic Consequences PrincipalsCommittee" (led by Josh Bolton) from 9/11-9/20e . Notes, memos and other docum ents related to decision to

close and reopen financial marketsf. Organizational charts (current and as 9/11)


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V. INTERVIEW CANDIDATESA. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

(1) Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)a. General Myersb. National M ili tary Com mand C enter (NMC C) Senior WatchOfficer on September 11 th - BGMontague Winfie ld,USAc. NM CC Air Threat Conferenc e Call O fficerd. Na tional Mili tary Joint Intell igence Center (NM JIC) SeniorWatch O fficer

(2) NORADa. General Eberhart, USAF, Com mander in Chiefb: Major General Larry Arnold, USA F, CG , C O N A Rc. Major Genera] Eric Findley , RCA F, Director of Operationsd. Lt Col W ill iam Glover, US AF, A ir Defense Officere. Capt Michael Jellinek, RCN , Command Director ,f. BG Jim Hunter , RCAF, C M O C Vice Commanderg. Col Jerry H at ley, USAF, a Com mand Directorh. MG Paul Weaver, USAF, Ret.

[Analyst who assessed events of 9/11(3) North East Air Defense Sector (NEA D)

a. Col Robert Marr Jr , USAF, Commander/b. Col Clark Speicher, USAF, Vice Commander

c. Micha el Go uld, USA F, Director of O perationsd. Colonel Alan Scott, USA F, 1 st A ir Forcee. Lt. Col. Da wn e Deskins, Airborne Control W arning Officerf. The Duty Senior NCO, Tech S gt Jeremy Powellg. Sr Airman Stacia Rountree, USA F1. The Weapons Section QIC, M aj Philip McCarthy, U S A Fill

9/11 Working -level Employee


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(4 ) 84 th Radar E valuation Squadrona. Dallas Stone and Mr. Clevelandb. Representative at NE ADc. Technician(s) who filtered the JSS radar files(5) Pilotsa. Otis AFB

-- Lt. Col. Tim Duffy~ Maj. Daniel Nash

b. Langley AFB Maj . Dan Caine~ Capt. Brandon Rasmussen Maj. Billy Hutchinson

c. Andrews AFB M aj. Lucky Sasseville~Wingman

B. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (SECRETSERVICE)(1) Chief, Presidential Protection Detail(2) Chief, Vice Presidential Protection Detail

C. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE(1) DOJ representative on Dom estic C onsequences PrincipalsCommittee(2) Senior staff (DAG's Office?) involved in domestic decisions suchas the victims' fund an d airline industry bail out

D. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION(1 ) Secretary Mineta and/or his Chief of Staff on September 11(2) DOT representative on Domestic Consequences PrincipalsCommittee


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E. FAA(1) Jane Garvey, Administrator(2) Claudio Manno, Associate Adm inistrator fo r Civil AviationSecurity(3 ) M onte Belger, A cting Deputy Director on September 1 1 th(4 ) Chief, Office of Civil Aviation Security O perations(5) Air Traffic Controllers on du ty responsible fo r each flight(6) Supervisory Air Traffic Control officials on du ty responsible fo reach flight

F. JOINT DOD/FAA AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES CELL (ATSC)( 1 ) Co l Brian Meenan, US AF(2 ) Col John Czabaranek, USAF(3 ) Lt Col Michael-Anne Cherry, USAF(4) M aj Kevin Bridges, USA F

G. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY(1 ) Senior staff and leadership involved in decision to close andreopen financial markets(2) T reasury representative on Dom estic C onsequences PrincipalsCommittee

H. WH ITE HOUSE(1 ) Principals and/or Senior Staff traveling with POTU S on September

(2 ) Principals and/or Senior Staff in the PEOC on September 1 1 th(Libby?)(3) Josh B olton and/or senior staff of Domestic C onsequencesPrincipals C omm ittee(4) Director, W h ite House S ituation Room (Cap t. Deborah Loewer,U S N )(5) Senior Watch Officer on Duty(6) Watch Officer responsible for the AT C Conference Call(7) NSC Official responsible fo r COOP/COG