Includes index.

Pt. 1. The 9/11 Commission staff statements and testimony. Staff statement no. 1 : entry of the 9/11 hijackers into the United States ; Staff statement no. 2 : three hijackers : identification, watchlisting and tracking ; Staff statement no. 3 : the aviation security system and the 9/11 attacks ; Staff statement no. 4 : the four flights ; Staff statement no. 5 : diplomacy ; Staff statement no. 6 : the military ; Staff statement no. 7 : intelligence policy ; Staff statement no. 8 : national policy coordination ; Staff statement no. 9 : law enforcement, counterterrorism and intelligence collection in the United States prior to 9/11 ; Staff statement no. 10 : threats and responses in 2001 ; Staff statement no. 11 : the performance of the intelligence community ; Staff statement no. 12 : reforming law enforcement, counterterrorism and intelligence collection in the United States -- Pt. 2. Excerpts from the House-Senate joint inquiry report on 9/11. The attacks of September 11, 2001 ; The intelligence failures ; The rise of global terrorism ; Rethinking America's war against terror ; Findings ; Recommendations -- Appendices. Glossary of key names and terms ; The 9/11 hijackers ; Selected events in the chronology of terrorism, 1983-2004 ; The presidential daily brief, August 6, 2001 ; The "Phoenix memo".