The 9/11 Commission Report: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The 9/11 Commission Report, credited to The 9/11 Commission, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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9/11 Commission Report, formally titled Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, is the official report of the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks. It was prepared by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (informally sometimes known as the "9/11 Commission" or the "Kean/Zelikow Commission") at the request of the President of the United States and Congress. The commission convened on November 26, 2002 (441 days after the attack) and their final report was issued on July 22, 2004.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The 9/11 Commission Report
• Author credits: The 9/11 Commission
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 57
• Listed recording duration: 23:20:21

Catalogue topics

• 9/11 report
• terrorism
• terrorist attack on US
• history

Opening tracks: first 24 of 57

1. 00 - Preface — 9:33
2. 01 - We Have Some Planes; Inside the Four Flights — 45:10
3. 02 - Improvising a Homeland Defense — 1:07:53
4. 03 - National Crisis Management — 33:18
5. 04 - A Declaration of War — 6:58
6. 05 - Bin Ladin's Appeal in the Islamic World — 17:20
7. 06 - The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda — 14:31
8. 07 - Building An Organization — 13:26
9. 08 - Al Qaeda's Renewal in Afghanistan (1996-1998) — 23:02
10. 09 - Counterterrorism Evolves; From the Old Terrorism to the New — 9:10
11. 10 - Adaptation - and Nonadaptation - in the Law Enforcement Community — 31:55
12. 11 - ...and in the Federal Aviation Administration — 13:31
13. 12 - ...and in the Intelligence Community — 29:37
14. 13 - ...and in the State Department and the Defense Department — 15:58
15. 14 - ...and in the White House — 11:59
16. 15 - ...and in the Congress — 15:28
17. 16 - Before the Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania — 25:39
18. 17 - Crisis: August 1998 — 22:19
19. 18 - Diplomacy — 20:34
20. 19 - Covert Action — 29:18
21. 20 - Searching for Fresh Options — 31:23
22. 21 - Terrorist Entrepreneurs — 25:13
23. 22 - The 'Planes Operation' — 23:11
24. 23 - The Hamburg Contingent — 32:45

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