• Chris Kojm - Organizing an Investigation
    Dec 20 2022

    Chris Kojm, Deputy Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission, shares his experiences organizing the staff and investigation in order to create an accessible and comprehensive report for the American public. The 9/11 Commission report is the only best-selling book ever published by the Federal Government. How do you take the largest investigation in US History and turn it into a must read?

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    51 mins
  • Warren Bass - Presidents and Precedents
    Dec 13 2022

    Warren Bass, Professional Staff Member on the 9/11 Commission, shares his experiences investigating how two different presidents, President Clinton and President George W. Bush, responded to the growing Al-Qaeda threat. How did the two administrations see terrorism differently and why was it important?

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    47 mins
  • Alexis Albion - CIA Covert Actions
    Dec 6 2022

    Alexis Albion, Professional Staff Member on the 9/11 Commission, shares her experiences investigating the actions taken by the CIA in the lead up to the 9/11 attacks, potential capture kill operations directed at Bin Laden, and why the US government was unable to eliminate the Al-Qaeda threat before 9/11. Did the US have a chance to kill Bin Laden before the attacks? Would it have made a difference?

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Dan Marcus - Uncovering the Truth
    Nov 29 2022

    Dan Marcus, General Counsel to the 9/11 Commission, shares his experiences gaining access to the people and documents needed to uncover the truth, negotiating the rules governing agency interactions, and plowing new pathways through Washington to ensure the Commission met its deadline. How do you convince Leaders in Washington to cooperate with an investigation unlike any they’ve ever seen before?

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    51 mins
  • Dieter Snell - Genesis and Execution of the 9/11 Plot
    Nov 22 2022

    Dieter Snell, Senior Counsel and Leader of Team 2 (9/11 Plot) on the 9/11 Commission, shares his experiences investigating the plotting of that September day. Who were the hijackers? Who was involved in the plot? Did they receive help within the US? Were other foreign adversaries involved?

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    41 mins
  • John Farmer - The Day of 9/11 Minute by Minute
    Nov 15 2022

    John Farmer, Senior Counsel and Leader of Team 9 (The Day of 9/11) on the 9/11 Commission, shares his experiences investigating and reconstructing the response of different agencies, federal, state and local on the day of the attack. Fog of war, communication system failures, and the ground truth of the government's response to the attacks. What actually happened on that day?

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    40 mins
  • Philip Zelikow - Key Architect: Creating a Bipartisan Commission
    Nov 8 2022

    Philip Zelikow, the Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission, was a key architect in developing and implementing a strategy to conduct a highly complex investigation into one of the most consequential events in US History and in creating an unclassified and readable report that would stand the test of time. How do you approach an investigation of this scale while under intense security and an impossible deadline?

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Mike Hurley - The Crown Jewels of American Intelligence
    Nov 1 2022

    Mike Hurley, Senior Counsel and Leader of Team 3 (US Policy) on the 9/11 Commission, and Co-Host of the Are We Safer Today?: Full Disclosure Podcast, shares his experiences investigating CIA covert action directed at Al-Qaeda, the National Security Council and the Pentagon, as well as both Clinton and George W. Bush Administrations. What did the administration and intelligence agencies do (or fail to do) leading up to the attacks on US soil?

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    54 mins