NARA opens 9/11 commission records.

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The National Archives has opened more than 150 cubic feet of records created by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States--known as the "9/11 Commission"--an independent, bipartisan commission created by Congress. The commission's mandate was to provide a "full and complete accounting" of the attacks of September 11, 2001, and recommend procedures for preventing future attacks.

Summaries of 709 interviews conducted by the commission, series descriptions, and folder title lists are available at www.archives.gov. The records, which represent 35% of the commission's archived textual records, include information on the terrorists, past terrorist events, al Qaeda, and related subjects. The records also include information concerning the emergency responses to the attacks in New York and Washington, D.C.

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