The September 11th Sourcebooks
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/sept11/National Security Archive Online Readers on Terrorism, Intelligence and the Next War
SEPTEMBER 21, 2001
Volume I: Terrorism and U.S. Policy
OCTOBER 9, 2001
Volume II: Afghanistan: Lessons from the Last War
OCTOBER 25, 2001
Volume III: BIOWAR: The Nixon Administration's Decision to End U.S. Biological Warfare Programs
OCTOBER 26, 2001
Volume IV: The Once and Future King?: From the Secret Files on King Zahir's Reign in Afghanistan, 1970-1973
NOVEMBER 15, 2001
Volume V: Anthrax at Sverdlovsk, 1979: U.S. Intelligence on the Deadliest Modern Outbreak
DECEMBER 21, 2001
Volume VI: The Hunt for Bin Laden: Background on the Role of Special Forces in U.S. Strategy
Volume I: Terrorism and U.S. Policy
Volume II: Afghanistan: Lessons from the Last War
Volume III: BIOWAR: The Nixon Administration's Decision to End U.S. Biological Warfare Programs
Volume IV: The Once and Future King?: From the Secret Files on King Zahir's Reign, 1970-1973
Volume V: Anthrax at Sverdlovsk, 1979: U.S. Intelligence on the Deadliest Modern Outbreak
The horrific September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon brought all of us here at the Archive feelings of rage at the hijackers, grief for the thousands who were murdered, and also determination that we will contribute to finding the best ways for America to respond. The Archive’s mission is to put on the record the primary source documentation that can enrich the policy debate, improve journalism, educate policymakers, and ensure that we don’t reinvent the wheel or repeat the mistakes of the past.
To these ends, we have published a series of volumes called "The September 11th Sourcebooks." We have cast a wide net, because the policy debate itself is also ranging widely, from deployment options abroad to wiretap surveillance at home. The first volume contains the documents that our staff experts, led by Dr. Jeffrey Richelson and coordinated by Michael Evans, have selected as the most important available primary sources on U.S. terrorism policy. These materials include CIA biographic sketches of Usama Bin Laden and Taliban leader Mohammad Omar, reports from the Pentagon and the Senate Intelligence Committee on previous terrorist attacks on the USS Cole and the Khobar Towers, the State Department’s overview of global terrorism and the FBI’s review of terrorism in the U.S. We have included several of the most relevant Congressional Research Service briefs, six of the General Accounting Office’s most recent reports on combating terrorism, plus the key policy directives on terrorism from the Pentagon and from Presidents Reagan and Clinton.
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/sept11/