fo b4 commission meeting 3-30-04 fdr- tab 4- slides and fsc handout- team 7 presentation agenda 737

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Team 7 Presentation AgI. a) Briefing Objectives

b) Status of Team 7 W ork ProductII. Short Overview of Pre 9-11 AviatioSystem: Institutions and LayersIII. Short Overview of 9/11 Flight StorAnalysis; Family Q's & Loose ThrIV. Overview of Transportation Securi

and Recommendations menuV. Recom mendation Discussion


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I. a) Briefing ObjectivBring Commissioners up to date oTeam 7 work: facts and findingsIdentify and discuss areas in needinvestigation and/or analysisObtain direction from Commissiopriority recommendations


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I. b) Status of W ork ProduInstitutions and Layers of Aviation Security9/11 Flight stories9/11 Flights: side-by-side timeline of critica9/11 Flights: side-by-side spreadsheet of keyAviation Security Layers: as applied to hijacand lessons learnedCurrent status of transportation security systrecommendations: list; rationale; discussionFamily question response memos


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II. Overview of Pre 9-11Aviation Security Sys

Reactive system Dual mandated Dispersed accountability Flawed and un-layered system Not treated as a national security


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II. Overview of Pre 9-11 ASecurity SystemLayers of Security

Intelligence/law enforcementPassenger pre-screeningPassenger checkpoint screeningOn-board security


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Ill, Overview 9/11 Flight Sand AnalysisKey events; issues & patterns

Weapons and ticket purchaseFlight facts and profileArrival at airport; Check-in ; Bag g ag e cPrescreeningCheckpoint ScreeningPassenger Boarding & SeatingCommunications from flig ht: On-boardtactics; weapo ns ; inciden ts and timelin


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III. Family Questions(SEE HANDOUT)


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III. Loose ThreadsPlaceholdersInvestigation of all passengers, no showreservation holders on the hijacked airInterview by law enforcement of all inwho had access to the aircraft or contachijackersOther flightsAdvance notice of 9/11 threat to goverofficials


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IV. Overview of RecommendaWhat and Why?

Major Points/Discussion Treat Aviation and transportation security as a Nation

Employ "risk management" in order to establish transpriorities and rationally allocate resources Establish security "baseline" for all modes of the U.S.system Improve information sharing and coordination amongof the U.S. transportation security system

Improve oversight and accountability of transportatiomakers and implementing personnel


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IV. VettingJiecgmmendaAgenciesStakeholdersCongressThinks tanks and key expertsFamilies


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Team 7 - Fam ily Questions - 3/29/04

1. In this article (below) there is a 4 minute tape men tioned that was recorded from A A flight 11(WTC Tower One) where Betty Ong is talking to Minter an d Gonzales. Can you subpoena thistape from the FBI? Can you subpoena Michael Woodward's notes? He was on the phone withMadeline (Amy) Sweeney.http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/03/07/gen.pentagon.pictures/index.htmlhttp://www.startribune.com/images/24/[TEAM 7 NO TE: These articles do not appear to be related to the question asked.]

2. W as there a gun on AA#11? FAA executive summary stated that a gun was fired. This reportwas thereafter redacted. What is the truth? Investigate accounts that FAA had information a gunwas present aboard one of the airplanes.3. If box cutters were restricted items on 9/11, why had not the FA A developed methods fordetecting these items on passengers and in carry-on baggage? Wh ere did the information aboutbox-cutters come from? How do we know that the terrorists were armed with these?Furthermore, why was the Am erican public told after 9/11 that box-cutters were allowed onplanes, when we have since come to find out that they were sp ecifically listed as airline

contraband. Who is responsible for this dis-information? Were box cutters prohibited items ornot?4. Where are the "black boxes" and the transcripts from all four crash sites? Why has the FBI notinvited the NTSB into the investigation? What is the status of the black boxes on the fourflights? {Shared with TEAM 8]5. 9 of the hijackers were selected for special security screenings, 2 for irregu larities inidentification documents, 6 for extra-scrutiny by a computer screening program and 1 because hewas traveling with a questionable individual). What exactly were th e irregularities inidentification? W hich 2 had these irregularities? What is the nam e of the individual who madeth e decision to let these 2 m en board the planes? What was done during the course of thedeta inment of these 2 indiv idual s? Wh at questions were asked? Was anything confiscated? With

regard to the rem aini ng 7 hijackers, what were the list of questions asked to them? W hointerrogated them? Was anything co nfiscated? What is the name of the individual who permittedthese men to board the planes? Where are the logs an d records an d incident reports from thesedetainments?6. Why was Logan Airport not sanctioned for its repeated failure to meet FAA standards for airlinesecurity? If they were sanctioned, how mu ch were they fined? Did they completely pay the fine?What is the nam e of the individual who was responsible for mak ing sure that Logan A irport metits airport/airline security requ irements?7. Why did three foreign owned airline security screening com panies have their liability levelscapped in the Hom eland Security Bill? Who is responsible for this? What w as the reasoning?8. Investigate the processing of those hijackers who were held-up by airport security on9/11 .[Similar to Question 5]9. What happened to the individuals in charge of the screening areas that processed the hijackers?[Similar to Question 11 ]10. Why weren't passengers on the other flights in the air on 9/11 screened for other terrorists?11 . The commiss ion should make an accounting of all the security perso nnel (screeners,


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Team 7 - Fam ily Questions - 3/29/04

administrators etc.) who had a roll in processing th e passengers on the hijacked flights; provide astatus repo rt on thei r employment in security; make recom me ndations about their status in futureaviation security jobs. [Similar to Question 9]12. Investigate the "9 w arnings in July" and the "8 w arning s in August" ab out terrorist plots. Is thisrelated to FAA?13. What were the standards of security at the FAA as of 9/11/2001? [Similar to Questions 16 and20 ]14. Why did screening contractors pa y 10 cents on the dollar for fines imposed on them forviolations? Please ge t Jane Garvey's response about why the fines were lowered.15. Wh y were timelines scrapped from the Gore Comm ission Report's recommendations?16 . Study the relevant FAA security protocols in effect on 9/11 and report upon those that were notfollowed. [Similar to Questions 13 and 20][Shared with TEAM 8]17. Why don't we have cameras recording what's going on in the cockpit? Was cost a factor in notputting this technology in place?18. W hy don ' t we have hidd en cameras in the airports, like casinos?19. Investigate cell phone records to determine who called from the planes.20. How do the requirements on paper in all aspects of the hijackings an d aftermath, match-up withwhat happened? What protocols and procedures weren't followed ? [Similar to Questions 13 and16][Sharedwith TEAMS]11. What tactics did pilots learn to respond to hijackers? (Two AA pilots were told that the policywas if a hijacker is present: get him on the plane).22. Did the hijackers purchase extra seats on the airplanes?23. Were the flights less crowded than norm al? Did this raise any red flags that som ething wasamiss?24. A flight attendant on AA#11 notified her supervisor within the first few minutes of the planebeing overtaken. What was the name of this supervisor? Wh at exactly did he do with thisinformation? Why w as NORAD not imm ediately notified? What are the names of the individualswhose responsibility centers upon notifying NORAD in situations like th ison th e local,regional, and national levels? Why was the protocol not followed? [Identical to Question 30]

[Sharedwith TE A MS]25. The re is clear evid ence that peppe r spray was used by terrorists on at least two of the hijack edflights, an d pepper spray was a prohibited item on September 11, 2001. The indictment ofZacarias Moussaoui states that Mohammed Atta had pepper spray in his possession onSeptember 11, and an FB I agent testified at the trial of M unir El Mottassadeq that the terroristsused pepper spray on Flight 11 . In a telephone call from Flight 175, a passenger told a familymember that passengers were sick because the terrorists sprayed them with "Mace." FBI agentsconfirmed this report to families of other Flight 175 victims. ( cc team 6)

Wh at me thods exist to kee p pepp er spray canisters and other incapa citating agents offplanes?


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Team 7 - Family Questions - 3/29/04

What has been done to improv e these methods since September 11, 2001? Should manufacturers of pepper spray an d other incapacitating agents be required tomake their canisters more easily detectable with x-ray scanners or other methods?

26. An "Executive Sum mary," written by an FAA emp loyee and delivered to senior FAAmanagement on September 11, 2001, states that a Flight 11 flight attendant (apparently referringto Madeline Amy Sweeney) reported to the American A irline s Operations Center that "apassenger in seat 10B [Satam Al Suqami] shot an d killed a passenger located in seat 9B [DanielLewin] at 9:20 a . m . . . . One bullet w as reported to have been fired." The FAA and AmericanAirlines now cla im that Sweeney actually reported that Suqam i stabbed Lew in with a knife. TheFA A and Am erican Airlines blame each other for the mistake.

What has been done to investigate this report an d either (i ) determine that AmericanAirlines actually did initially report a gun or (ii) determine wh ere anymiscommunication occurred? How did a misunderstanding about a knife lead to the sentence, "One bullet w asreported to have been fired"? Blake Morrison of USA Today spoke with an American Airl ines ground crew memberwho told of a rumor on 9/11 that there was a gun on Flight 11 . If, as Am erican Airlinesasserts, the comp any never reported a gun on Flight 11, how did American Airlinesemployees on 9/11 know about an erroneous report circulating internally at the FA A?[Similar to Question 2]

27. Have all radio transmissions, cockpit voice recordings, and teleph one transm issions from Unite dFlight 93 been examined to de termine whether the re is any evidence to support rum ors that therewas a firearm or bom b on that flight?28. A 1992 "Special Analysis" prepared by the FAA and addressed to all FAA aviation securitymanagers states that, between 1983 and 1992, "Sma ll kniv es (blade length of four inches orless)" were "the most frequently employed weapon" in domestic aircraft hijackings. If this w asthe case, why were such knive s permitted on planes prior to 9/11?29. A W ashington Post article from September 12, 2001, says that the passengers and crew of Flig ht77 were "Herded to the back of the plane" and "ordered to call relatives to say they were about todie." The article does no t attribute this statement to any source, and no one at the Post ca n recallwhere that information came from. Is there any evidence to either support or contradict the Postarticle?30. A flight attendant on AA#11 notified her supervisor within the first few minutes of the planebeing overtaken. W hat was the name of this supervisor? W hat exactly did he do w ith thisinformation? Why was N O R A D not imm ediately notified? Wh at are the names of the individualswhose respo nsibility centers upon notifying NORAD in situations like this on th e local,regional, and national levels? Why w as the protocol not follow ed? 3(c)(10) [Identical toQuestion 24] [Shared with T E A M 8]

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