America confronts terrorism: understanding the danger and how to think about it : a documentary record

Horror on September 11

Bin Laden Statement, October 7, 2001

I. Appreciations of the Threat of Terrorism

Worldwide Threat 2001: National Security in a Changing World / George Tenet

Global Trends 2015 / Cental Intelligence Agency and National Intelligence Council

Strategic Intent for the United States Intelligence Community / Director of Central Intelligence

Terrorism: Frequently Asked Questions / Central Intelligence Agency

Global Threats and Challenges Through 2015 / Thomas R. Wilson

Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States / Thomas Fingar

II. Countering the Changing Threat

Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism / National Commission on Terrorism

National Commission on Terrorism Report: Background and Issues for Congress / Raphael F. Perl

Terrorism: U.S. Response to Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania: A New Foreign Policy Direction? / Raphael F. Perl

Incident Report from Political Violence Against Americans / Department of State

Ensuring Public Safety and National Security Under the Rule of Law / Louis J. Freeh

Terrorism in the United States, 1998 / Federal Bureau of Investigation

Review of USS Cole Attack Reports and Suggestions for Additional Recommended Actions / William S. Cohen

Executive Summary / USS Cole Commission Report

Lost Patrol: The Attack on the Cole / Harold W. Gehman, Jr.

Terrorist Attack on the USS Cole: Background and Issues for Congress / Raphael F. Perl and Ronald O'Rourke

III. United States Responses

Executive Order on Terrorist Financing / George W. Bush

Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with the Taliban, Executive Order 13129, and Text of Letter to Congressional Leaders / William J. Clinton

Terrorist Assets Report, 1998 / Department of the Treasury

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 / Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Memorandum of Law: Assassination / Office of the Judge Advocate General

Doctrine for Joint Special Operations / Joint Chiefs of Staff.