The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission), an independent, bipartisan commission created by congressional legislation and the signature of President George W. Bush in late 2002, is chartered to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. The Commission is also mandated to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks.

The Commission has released its final report, available below in PDF format. The report is also available in bookstores nationwide and from the Government Printing Office.

Frequently Asked Questions about the report are answered on this site.

9-11 Commission Report
Public Statement by the Chair and Vice Chair Regarding the Report	PDF, 36 KB
Executive Summary	PDF, 372 KB	HTML, 64 KB
Complete 9/11 Commission Report	PDF, 7.4 MB
Report by Section
Contents, List of Illustrations and Tables, Members, and Staff	PDF, 372 KB	HTML, 64 KB
Preface	PDF, 67 KB	HTML, 14 KB
1. "We Have Some Planes" 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 1.3 National Crisis Management	PDF, 952 KB	HTML, 133 KB
2. The Foundation of the New Terrorism 2.1 A Declaration of War 2.2 Bin Ladin's Appeal in the Islamic World 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988-1992) 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992-1996) 2.5 Al Qaeda's Renewal in Afghanistan (1996-1998)	PDF, 1.4 MB	HTML, 72 KB
3. Counterterrorism Evolves 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 3.2 Adaptation--and Nonadaptation--in the Law Enforcement Community 3.3 ... and in the Federal Aviation Administration 3.4 ... and in the Intelligence Community 3.5 ... and in the State Department and the Defense Department 3.6 ... and in the White House 3.7 ... and in the Congress	PDF, 188 KB	HTML, 116 KB
4. Responses to Al Qaeda's Initial Assaults 4.1 Before the Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania 4.2 Crisis: August 1998 4.3 Diplomacy 4.4 Covert Action 4.5 Searching for Fresh Options	PDF, 185 KB	HTML, 113 KB
5. Al Qaeda Aims at the American Homeland 5.1 Terrorist Entrepreneurs 5.2 The "Planes Operation" 5.3 The Hamburg Contingent 5.4 A Money Trail?	PDF, 312 KB	HTML, 89 KB
6. From Threat To Threat 6.1 The Millennium Crisis 6.2 Post-Crisis Reflection: Agenda for 2000 6.3 The Attack on the USS Cole 6.4 Change and Continuity 6.5 The New Administration's Approach	PDF, 209 KB	HTML, 129 KB
7. The Attack Looms 7.1 First Arrivals in California 7.2 The 9/11 Pilots in the United States 7.3 Assembling the Teams 7.4 Final Strategies and Tactics	PDF, 949 KB	HTML, 119 KB
8. "The System Was Blinking Red" 8.1 The Summer of Threat 8.2 Late Leads--Mihdhar, Moussaoui, and KSM	PDF, 146 KB	HTML, 76 KB
9. Heroism and Horror 9.1 Preparedness as of September 11 9.2 September 11, 2001 9.3 Emergency Response at the Pentagon 9.4 Analysis	PDF, 2.3 MB	HTML, 130 KB
10. Wartime 10.1 Immediate Responses at Home 10.2 Planning for War 10.3 "Phase Two" and the Question of Iraq	PDF, 109 KB	HTML, 45 KB
11. Foresight--and Hindsight 11.1 Imagination 11.2 Policy 11.3 Capabilities 11.4 Management	PDF, 133 KB	HTML, 67 KB
12. What To Do? A Global Strategy 12.1 Reflecting on a Generational Challenge 12.2 Attack Terrorists and Their Organizations 12.3 Prevent the Continued Growth of Islamist Terrorism 12.4 Protect against and Prepare for Terrorist Attacks	PDF, 184 KB	HTML, 110 KB
13. How To Do It? A Different Way of Organizing the Government 13.1 Unity of Effort across the Foreign-Domestic Divide 13.2 Unity of Effort in the Intelligence Community 13.3 Unity of Effort in Sharing Information 13.4 Unity of Effort in the Congress 13.5 Organizing America's Defenses in the United States	PDF, 158 KB	HTML, 79 KB
Appendices	PDF, 109 KB	HTML, 49 KB
Notes	PDF, 669 KB	HTML, 681 KB

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