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Top questions that remain about what happened on September 11—

1. What actually happened from the point of origin (airport) to the time of commandeering the
aircraft, and was the terrorist's pattern of activity preventable under the existing security
requirements either at the point of check-in, at the passenger screening checkpoint or
onboard the aircraft?

2. What did the intelligence community know and how was the information shared?

3. Were "box cutters" the only weapons used by the terrorist to highjack the aircraft and did
employees working at the airports assist in getting the weapons onboard the aircraft? Before
September 11 , there was no requirement to screen employees with authorized access to
the aircraft, so there is no telling what type of weapon coum have been smuggled onboard
the aircraft or by whom.

4. How did the terrorist gain knowledge about the weaknesses in the aviation security system—
by testing, observation, or inside information about the security system operations by
individuals working within the system? There is a large population of former employees who
worked at the airport with an abundant wealth of knowledge about security at airports. This
would include former screeners with knowledge of screening checkpoint operations, air
carrier employees with knowledge of CAPPS, EDS and PPBM operations, and service
company employees with knowledge of aircraft security and terminal security. All these
employee would typically have authorized access to secure areas of the airport.

5. Was there a' pattern of activity1 that the al Qaeda operatives used to test the system and
identify vulnerabilities? Was there a system in place, either in the intelligence community or
the aviation security regime, that could have identified an extraordinary or unusual pattern
of activity?

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Top questions that remain about what happened on September 11th

1. What actually happened from the point of origin (airport) to the time of
commandeering the aircraft, and was the terrorist's pattern of activity
preventable under the existing security requirements either at the point of
check-in, at the passenger screening checkpoint or onboard the aircraft?

2. What did the intelligence community know and how was the information
shared?

3. Were "box cutters" the only weapons used by the terrorist to high jack the
aircraft and did employees working at the airports assist in getting the weapons
onboard the aircraft? Before September 11th, there was no requirement to
screen employees with authorized access to the aircraft, so there is no telling
what type of weapon could have been smuggled onboard the aircraft or by
whom.

4. How did the terrorist gain knowledge about the weaknesses in the aviation
security system—by testing, observation, or inside information about the
security system operations by individuals working within the system? There is
a large population of former employees who worked at the airport with an
abundant wealth of knowledge about security at airports. This would include
former screeners with knowledge of screening checkpoint operations, air
carrier employees with knowledge of CAPPS, EDS and PPBM operations, and
service company employees with knowledge of aircraft security and terminal
security. All these employee would typically have authorized access to secure
areas of the airport.

5. Was there a 'pattern of activity' that the al Qaeda operatives used to test the
system and identify vulnerabilities? Was there a system in place, either in the
intelligence community or the aviation security regime, that could have
identified an extraordinary or unusual pattern of activity?