Failures of the US Govt
This resulted in several federal agencies, such as the FBI, CIA, and NSA, being under-informed, leading to a lack of potential prevention of an attack.
What is a lack of communication?
This person was the President of the United States during 9/11
Who is George W. Bush?
This agency was created to oversee the security of travelers in U.S. airports after 9/11.
What is the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
This was the first location hit @ 8:46 AM
What is the North Tower?
This allowed terrorists to enter the US, despite having questionable travel information.
What is inadequate border security?
This leader of Al-Qaeda issued a Fatwa against Americans and Jews in 1998 which led to the 9/11 attack
Who is Osama Bin-Laden?
This piece of legislation, passed shortly after 9/11, gave the federal government the power to monitor phone calls, emails, and financial transactions
What is the PATRIOT Act?
Flight 77, which crashed into *this building*, was understood to have been hijacked for 20 minutes prior to the grounding of any planes
What is the Pentagon?
These types of crimes, "traditional crimes", took a place of emphasis over counterterrorism prior to 9/11.
What are white-collar crimes, drugs, and gang violence?
This man was the architect of the 9/11 attacks, and is currently being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Who is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed?
Designed to counter terrorism around the world, this national policy set the stage for years of military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq
What is the Global War on Terror?
This many planes were hijacked on September 11th, 2001
What is 4?
The issue of terrorism was split amongst this many committees in the House, leading to a disorganized and fractured approach to addressing terrorism.
What is 14?
This person was the National Security Advisor during 9/11, and didn't recognize the danger of stateless terrorism. They eventually went on to be Secretary of State.
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
Due to the lack of communication between the FBI, CIA, and other intelligence agencies, this top intelligence position was created in 2004 to coordinate between agencies
Who is the Director of National Intelligence (DNI)?
This agency dropped the ball on communicating the extent of the 9/11 hijackings to the rest of the government
What is the Federal Aviation Administration?
While the Central Intelligence Agency disagreed over what to do about Bin Laden and threats from Al Qaeda, US embassies in these 2 countries were bombed on August 7, 1998.
What are Tanzania and Kenya?
This number designated the hijacked flight which was aiming for an additional location in Washington D.C.
What is Flight 93?
This federal program, aimed at securing chemical plants and other critical infrastructure, was bolstered by recommendations from the 9/11 Commission.
What is the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program?
One of the hijacked flights was diverted due to the bravery of the passengers, and crashed in a field in this US State
What is Pennsylvania?