The attacks
What is Al-Qaeda?
The terrorist organisation responsible for the 9/11 attacks
The first tower struck at 8:46 am
North tower of the world trade centre
The agency responsible for domestic law enforcement that struggled to receive intelligence before 9/11?
FBI
What was the War on Terror?
The military campaign launched by the US after 9/11.
The number of people killed in the 9/11 attacks?
2,977
The number of airplanes hijacked on September 11, 2001.
4
What was struck at 9:03am
South tower of the world trade centre.
The CIA knew several Al-Qaeda operatives had entered the US but failed to place them on _________
Watchlist
What were the black sites?
The secret CIA prison network
What group experienced significant rise in racism after 9/11.
Muslims and Arabs
What are the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center?
The two buildings struck by planes in New York City.
The flight that crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers resisted the hijackers.
United Airlines Flight 77
The term used to describe agencies keeping information separated from one another.
Stovepiping
What is Guantanamo Bay, and were was it?
The detention facility in Cuba that became a symbol of post-9/11 detentions.
What agency created to strengthen airport security after 9/11
TSA (Transportation Security Administration)
The building in Virginia that was struck by American Airlines Flight 77.
The Pentagon
The suspected target of Flight 93 according to investigators?
The White House
The law whose restrictive interpretation that discouraged information sharing between intelligence and criminal investigators.
FISA
The term used to classify many detainees held without trial?
What government department was established to coordinate domestic security after the attacks?
Department of Homeland Security.
What specific section and corridor part of the Pentagon did Flight 77 crash into?
E-ring through corridor 4 -5
The exact time Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
10:03 am
What was the "Wall"
The intelligence-sharing barrier that discouraged cooperation between criminal investigators and intelligence agencies before 9/11?
What interrogation techniques did the CIA use at their black sites?
Waterboarding, Extreme exposure to heat, and Sleep deprevation
What is the PATRIOT Act?
The law that expanded surveillance powers and sparked privacy debates.