Jamie Gorel
Date: September 22, 2004
Place: Duke Law School, Room 3037
The War on Terror and Intelligence Gathering: The 9-11 Commission Report and Recommendations
Could 9-11 have been prevented if intelligence errors had
not been committed? What changes should be made to prevent something like this from happening again? Is that even the right question to be asking?
In July, the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States - the 9-11 Commission - issued its final report and recommendations. The report has been actively debated and dissected in congressional hearings, presidential statements and in the press. (For a recent highly critical appraisal, see Judge Richard Posner’s review in the August 29, 2004 New York Times Book Review Section, http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/books/review/29POSNERL.html ).
On September 22, 2004, Commissioner Gorelick will discuss the report’s findings and recommendations and answer your questions.
Want To Be Well Prepared For the Address? Then pick up a copy of the Report, read it and come to a general discussion of it on September 21 at noon in Room 4045 at the law school. Professor Schroeder will help lead the discussion. He is also looking for students who would be willing to read specific portions of the Report carefully and then to help lead the discussion. The Report is available in two paperback editions - the Official Edition and one published by the New York Times. The Times edition contains the full Report but not the end notes, which the Times has made available on a web site. The Times edition also contains all of the New York Times reporting on the Commission.