9/11 Commission Report

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I believe that one of the significant deficiencies from the 9/11 Commission Report was the deficiency of shared intelligence information between, local, state and federal agencies related to homeland security. Before 9/11, law enforcement intelligence was compartmentalized and disjointed. The FBI mainly dealt with domestic threats and the CIA mostly focused on foreign threats. I believe that the most significant function developed was “receiving and analyzing law enforcement information, intelligence, and other information relating to homeland security within the federal government and between the federal government and state and local governments” (Oliver, 2007, pg. 75).

Once the 9/11 attack occurred, it was evident that the national security required direct coordination amongst the agencies, for any recovery efforts. For instance, during the 9/11 attacks the fire department, port of authority, and police
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and Cronin, K. (2009). Law Enforcement Responses to Homeland Security Initiatives: The Case of Ohio. The Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 6(1). Retrieved January 12, 2018, from https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7241/d12cc7cccf3bf6d5205480b7b6097127dbd0.pdf
Oliver, W. (2007). Homeland Security for Policing: The Era of Homeland Security, Chapter 2. Prentice Hall. Pearson Education Inc. Retrieved from VitalSource Kaplan University

United Flight 93, emergency responder arrived shortly after the crash and immediately began search and rescue operations. United Flight 93, plowed nose-first into the ground of the field, and smoke and scorched trees were the only signs of the crash. Unfortunately, there were no survivors, but investigators were able to recover the plane’s flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder. Despite the fact that few human remains existed, medical examiners were able to positively identify the 33 passengers, seven crew members and four hijackers aboard United Flight 93 (History.com Staff,

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