Absolutely ridiculous.

Loved this.

Fall in love with Anti Money Laundering.

Loved how it narrates the story from the beginning until the end. The development of terrorist and America's systematic failure of anticipating the attack.

A Dunkirk, Galipolli Pearl Harbour, just what nobody expected wait did they?
Someone had blundered, theirs is not to reason why, theirs but to do and die.
Clinical analysis of these events it is, fireman bravely doing their job, citizens hopelessly stranded and in confusing dire situations, emergency services not really knowing what was going on, then recommendations to stop further terrorist actions to be enabled near the end of the book.
The motivations of the hijackers isn't in this report so its only thing for me is this its just not here, maybe some other book.
When someone tells you to do something and if you are of a certain type, age, or leaning you maybe mull it over and if it fits you go with it, some people are more likely to do it, but be you of a certain age or member of a certain group you go with enough of that war talk.
But its more than just that its beyond my understanding really and would be fair to say I'm not alone.
In 100 years time a young person doing this for a school assignment would their thoughts dwell alot or just rushing to get it done thoughts of it being a dusty tale in some long ago history, probably but what do I know.

I've found the 9/11 Commission Report incredibly interesting and straight to the point. The details in this book are second to none and leave out nothing. As a self-proclaimed history buff, I was fond of the easy to read and non opinionated style of writing. No personal opinions or ideologies are present in this book, partly because it's a piece of writing written by the United States government, but also because it's not necessary. The outstanding majority of American citizens who were to read this book would feel so passionately upset and at the same patriotic after experiencing such a meticulous recollection of such a haunted moment in our country's history. I appreciate the organization and flow of the book. It breaks down the ins and outs of 9/11, piece by piece. You never feel overwhelmed by an overhaul of stats and numbers being flung at your face, but rather the story is easy to follow, and every imaginable aspect of the attack is described individually. The report doesn't only recount the attacks themselves, but plunges deep into the preparation by the terrorists and the lack of preparation by the United States, and also gives readers an insight into the direct and indirect aftermath of 9/11.

Worth reading as a consolidated history of how we got to 9/11, what happened that day, and some of our first grasps at government-wide reform afterwards. But it’s even more impressive as a demonstration of how sweeping and comprehensible narratives can be built to explain complex events and provide sensible reforms.

Marvelous, Brilliant!

Had this on the shelf for a long time. Had it actually read the full text until now. Much of its contents are known, analyzed and a part of history. A worthy reference document for research and professional insight. Of course, it is interesting to see what worked as far as recommendations, what didn’t, and what could still apply today. Not totally dull, but it is more a work for reference vs. straight reading. Recommend a soft copy on any student/government employee, but hard copy is just as well.

I didn’t read the report in its entirety but instead skipped around to the sections I was most interested in. The report does a great job explaining the flaws in the FBI and CIA that allowed the 9/11 plot to go undetected. Specifically, the FBI was too decentralized and often field offices were focused on local concerns, motivated by stats and criminal convictions rather than the broader global issue of terrorism. The report also highlights the confusion and lack of cooperation between the military and the FAA on the day of the attacks. It’s pretty clear the US was completely unprepared to respond to the attacks, so I’m not sure that cooperation between the FAA and military on that day would have made a difference, especially considering US intelligence had never considered the possibility that commercial airplanes would be used as the weapon for terrorist attacks, rather than the channel to transport weapons to the location of an attack.

To sum up this rambling, the report was well researched, and it was easy to understand. I’d recommend for anyone that wants to learn some more about how 9/11 occurred and how we can prevent it from happening again.

For a government report, this study is quite thorough, well written and interesting. It covers the 9/11 attacks from the planning phases in the 1990s through the attacks and the aftermath of the attacks in New York and Washington DC.

The first part of this book was about the planning of this attack. It was fascinating to read about the reasons why the Al Qaeda network planned this attack several years before it was carried out. Most fascinating were all of the small places where the plot was on the verge of falling apart, only to be saved by the determination of the terrorists and the incompetence of the security aparatus in the United States. At one point, a terrorist tried to bring equipment into the USA from Canada and was caught by border agents. Another terrorist took flight lessons from a man in Florida who alerted authorities that one of his students was interested in learning to fly but had no interest in learning to land a plane. At another time one of the terrorists went back to the Middle East to visit relatives and had trouble coming back to the States. Despite all of this, the organization managed to pull off the greatest terrorist attack in US history through sheer determination.

The rest of the book dealt with the local authorities who had to deal with the aftermath of the attack. They talked about the victims in the Twin Towers who were trapped in the upper floors and tried to escape through the roof, but no aircraft could get up there because of the heat eminating from the building. They could not take the stairs past the crash site because of the heat, so they starting jumping from the windows to certain death, since that was their only options. The authors talked about firemen who milled around the stairwells because they didn't know what to do and they didn't have orders directing them. And nobody knew that the heat from the crash had so degraded the integrity of the buildings that they would collapse, killing hundreds of firefighters who were still inside.

It was a dramatic story with great recommendations. Besides that, it reminds all of us how precious our freedom and our security really are. I would recommend that everyone read this book to truly understand what happened on September 11, 2001.

Can you really have an informed opinion on historical/political events that have taken place since 9/11 without reading the commission report? No.

This is definitely one of the more interesting books that I've read. In this book, everything about the subject is in there. Everything that happened before, during, and after. I learned so much from reading this book that I had never known before and have seen just how much we have changed since this happened. While this book isn't for everyone, I would highly recommend it to history buffs or anyone interested in government.

There's "radiation hazards" associated with having people gather on the roof for rescue (pg 317)? What the hell is that (surely not solar UV, that's ridiculous given exposure timing)? I racked my brains for thirty seconds and couldn't figure it out. The book was admirably annotated, but this bewildering claim lacks a footnote. Combined with the regrettable lack of an index, a star must be struck from this otherwise admirable effort.