The ten members of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (known as the 9-11 Commission) have initiated a nationwide public education campaign for the purpose of making America safer and more secure. In so doing, the commissioners will give people throughout America the opportunity to participate in a debate that has been limited largely to those inside the Washington Beltway.
Following the July 22, release of its official 567-page report, the 9-11 Commission, in accordance with its founding statute, disbanded as a government entity on August 21. All ten commissioners believe, however, that it is critical to educate the public on the issue of terrorism and what can be done to make the country safer. They would like to do so by reaching out, in bipartisan pairs, to communities around the country, encouraging a national conversation on these critical issues. In the absence of such an effort, they are concerned that there will be insufficient public examination of how the lessons learned from the terrorist attacks can be used to shape public policy. The perils of inaction are far too high-and the strategic value of the Commission's findings too important-for the work of 9-11 Commission not to continue.
For this reason, the ten commissioners have formed a 501(c)(3) organization - the 9-11 Public Discourse Project - aimed at fulfilling the 9-11 Commission's original mandate of guarding against future terrorist attacks, while adhering strictly to the same bipartisan and independent principles that have guided it over the last twenty months. This new organization, intended to remain in effect for one year, consists of the same leadership of the 9-11 Commission, including its commissioners, who now serve as the Board of Directors of the 9-11 Public Discourse Project.
| The 9/11 Recommendations: The Unfinished Agenda -- Schedule (PDF) |
| December 27 |
Op-ed: As 9/11 watchdog role ends, who will pick up baton? (PDF)
Carie Lemack, USA Today
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| December 16 |
Op-ed: Terrorists will strike again (PDF)
James R. Thompson, The Chicago Tribune
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| December 5 |
Op-ed: A Formula for Disaster (PDF)
Thomas H. Kean & Lee H. Hamilton, The New York Times
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| November 21 |
Letter: No Evidence of Pre-9/11 Hijacker Discovery (PDF)
Slade Gorton and Tim Roemer, The Wall Street Journal
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| September 11 |
Op-ed: Sept. 11's Unfinished Business (PDF)
Thomas H. Kean & Lee H. Hamilton, The San Jose Mercury News
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| September 9 |
Op-ed: Reviewing Our Defenses, Four Years After 9/11 (PDF)
Thomas H. Kean & Lee H. Hamilton, The Forward (NY)
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| August 12 |
September 1 and September 12 Events Postponed (PDF) |
| July 14 |
Media Advisory:
9-11 Commissioners Announce July 18th Panel on Civil Liberties and Security
July 18th: Civil Liberties and Security -- Flyer (PDF)
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| June 21 |
Media Advisory:
9/11 Commissioners Announce June 27th and June 28th Panels
June 27th: Terrorism and WMD -- Flyer (PDF)
June 28th: Securing the Homeland -- Flyer (PDF)
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| June 13 |
Transcript of June 13th Panel on Challenges Facing the DNI (PDF)
Featuring: John F. Lehman, Rep. Jane Harman, Admiral William O. Studeman, Siobhan Gorman
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| June 12 |
Op-ed: 9-11 panel's report must not go unheeded (PDF)
Thomas H. Kean & Lee H. Hamilton, The Baltimore Sun
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| June 8 |
Media Advisory: June 13th Panel To Examine Challenges Facing the DNI (PDF); Flyer (PDF) |
| June 6 |
Transcript of June 6th Panel Assessing Progress Of CIA And FBI Reform (PDF)
Featuring: Jamie Gorelick, Richard Thornburgh, John Gannon, Chitra Ragavan
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| June 1 |
Media Advisory: June 6th Panel To Assess Progress Of CIA And FBI Reform (PDF) and Flyer (PDF) |
| June 1 |
Public Discourse Project Announces Schedule for Unfinished Agenda Events (PDF) |
| May 23 |
Media Advisory: 9/11 Commission to Assess Progress on Recommendations (PDF) |
| Press Releases |
| December 5 |
FINAL REPORT ON 9/11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS
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Final Report on 9/11 Commission Recommendation (PDF)
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One page summary of grades (PDF)
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Prepared Statement (PDF)
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| November 21 |
Letter to the Editor: No Evidence of Pre-9/11 Hijacker Discovery (PDF)
Slade Gorton and Tim Roemer, The Wall Street Journal
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| November 14 |
9/11 Commissioners Issue Third Report on Recommendations
Part III: Foreign Policy, Public Diplomacy, and Nonproliferation
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Download the Report (PDF)
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Remarks (PDF)
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| November 8 |
Lee H. Hamilton Testifies on Information Sharing − House Committee on Homeland Security (PDF) |
| November 1 |
Kean-Hamilton letter on first responder funding formulas, PATRIOT Act Conference (PDF) |
| October 27 |
9/11 panel remains on watch, but public can't sleep (PDF)
Op-ed, Fran Wood, The Star-Ledger (NJ)
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| October 20 |
9/11 Commissioners Issue Second Report on Recommendations
Part II: Reforming the Institutions of Government
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Download the Report (PDF)
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Remarks (PDF)
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C-SPAN:Event Summary and Photos
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| October 19 |
Richard Ben-Veniste Testifies on Intelligence and Information Analysis within the Department of Homeland Security (PDF) (PDF) |
| October 14 |
9/11 Commissioners to Issue Second Report on Recommendations October 20 (PDF) |
| September 29 |
Timothy J. Roemer Testifies on Radio Spectrum for First Responders - House Committee on Energy and Commerce (PDF) |
| September 20 |
Letter from Senator Gorton to Senate Judiciary Committee |
| September 14 |
9/11 Commissioners Issue Report on Recommendations
Part I: Homeland Security, Emergency Preparedness and Response − Download the Report
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Download the Report (PDF)
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Kean-Hamilton Prepared Statement on Report (PDF)
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C-SPAN: Streaming Video (RealMedia) | Event Summary and Photos
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| September 13 |
Kean-Hamilton Statement on Re-Release of the 9/11 Commission Monograph on the Four Flights and Civil Aviation Security (PDF)
National Archives: 9/11 Commission Records
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| September 9 |
9/11 Commissioners to Release First Report on Recommendations: Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (PDF) |
| September 9 |
9/11 Commissioners to Issue Report September 14 (PDF) |
| August 12 |
Kean-Hamilton Statement on ABLE DANGER (PDF) |
| August 8 |
Kean-Hamilton Letters to Executive Branch Agencies (PDF) |
| July 27 |
Lee H. Hamilton Testifies on FBI Reform before Senate Judiciary Committee (PDF) |
| July 12 |
Kean-Hamilton Statement on First Responder Funding Reform (PDF) |
| July 12 |
Kean-Hamilton Statement on First Responder Funding Reform (PDF) |
| May 13 |
Statement by Kean and Hamilton on House Passage of HR 1544 (PDF) |
| February 3 |
The PDP Presents a Panel Discussion:
Making America Safer: Reforming Congress for the War on Terrorism
Tuesday, February 15
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
[Details (PDF)] [Transcript and Video]
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| December 8 |
Statement on Senate Passage of Legislation (PDF) |
| December 7 |
Statement on House Passage of Legislation (PDF) |
| November 20 |
Statement on Legislation (PDF) |
| November 20 |
Statement on Conference Agreement (PDF) |
| October 24 |
Statement on Legislation (PDF) |
| October 8 |
Statement on Congressional Oversight (PDF) |
| September 30 |
Statement |
| September 15 |
Statement on Legislation by Senators Collins and Lieberman (PDF) |
| Letters |
| October 20 |
Letter to Representative Hoekstra (PDF) |
| Statements |
| April 20 |
Remarks by Lee H. Hamilton for the Presentation of a Special Achievement Award to the Staff of the 9/11 Commission by the American Society of Public Administration. (PDF) |
| April 14 |
Testimony by Lee. H. Hamilton on the Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act, before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security. (PDF) |
| March 4 |
Remarks by Vice Chair Lee Hamilton at Conference on Arab Media, Power, and Influence.
[Transcript (PDF)]
[300K video]
[56K video]
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| March 2 |
Testimony by Richard Ben Veniste on overclassification of information, before the U.S. House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International relations. (PDF) |
| February 17 |
Statement by Kean and Hamilton on Negroponte DNI Nomination. (PDF) |
| January 5 |
Statement by Kean and Hamilton on Homeland Security Committee Jurisdiction (PDF) |
| January 3 |
Statement on Congressional Oversight by Lee H. Hamilton (PDF) |
| December 3 |
Fact Sheet on Driver’s Licenses, 9-11, and Intel Reform (PDF) |
| December 1 |
Fact Sheet on DOD and Intel Reform (PDF) |
| November 30 |
Remarks (PDF) |
| August 19 |
Prepared Statement of Vice Chair Lee Hamilton and Commissioner Slade Gorton National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary (PDF) |
| Presentations |
| February 15 |
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Making America Safer: Reforming Congress for the post-9/11 Era
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