MOVING FROM ‘‘NEED TO KNOW’’ TO ‘‘NEED TO SHARE’’: A REVIEW OF THE 9/11 COMMIS- SION’S RECOMMENDATIONS HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION AUGUST 3, 2004 Serial No. 108–217 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Reform ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.gpo.gov/congress/house http://www.house.gov/reform U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 96–537 PDF WASHINGTON : 2004 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 10:42 Dec 16, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 D:\DOCS\96537.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM TOM DAVIS, Virginia, Chairman DAN BURTON, Indiana HENRY A. WAXMAN, California CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut TOM LANTOS, California ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida MAJOR R. OWENS, New York JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York JOHN L. MICA, Florida PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland DOUG OSE, California DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio RON LEWIS, Kentucky DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri CHRIS CANNON, Utah DIANE E. WATSON, California ADAM H. PUTNAM, Florida STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts EDWARD L. SCHROCK, Virginia CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California NATHAN DEAL, Georgia C.A. ‘‘DUTCH’’ RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of TIM MURPHY, Pennsylvania Columbia MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio JIM COOPER, Tennessee JOHN R. CARTER, Texas BETTY MCCOLLUM, Minnesota MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee ——— PATRICK J. TIBERI, Ohio BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont KATHERINE HARRIS, Florida (Independent) MELISSA WOJCIAK, Staff Director DAVID MARIN, Deputy Staff Director/Communications Director ROB BORDEN, Parliamentarian TERESA AUSTIN, Chief Clerk PHIL BARNETT, Minority Chief of Staff/Chief Counsel (II) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 10:42 Dec 16, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 D:\DOCS\96537.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 C O N T E N T S Page Hearing held on August 3, 2004 ............................................................................. 1 Statement of: Kerrey, Bob, Commissioner; and John F. Lehman, Commissioner, Na- tional Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States ............ 20 Light, Paul C., Robert F. Wagner school of public service, New York University; Bob Collet, vice president, engineering, AT&T Government Solutions; Daniel Duff, vice president, Government Affairs, American Public Transportation Association; John McCarthy, executive director, critical infrastructure protection project; and Jim Dempsey, executive director, Center for Democracy and Technology ........................................ 201 Regenhard, Sally, family member of September 11, 2001 victim; Beverly Eckert, family member of September 11, 2001 victim; and Robin Wie- ner, family member of September 11, 2001 victim .................................... 111 Walker, David, Comptroller General, Government Accountability Office ... 156 Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by: Collet, Bob, vice president, engineering, AT&T Government Solutions, prepared statement of ................................................................................... 218 Davis, Chairman Tom, a Representative in Congress from the State of Virginia, prepared statement of ................................................................... 5 Davis, Hon. Danny K., a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, prepared statement of ................................................................ 61 Dempsey, Jim, executive director, Center for Democracy and Technology, prepared statement of ................................................................................... 250 Duff, Daniel, vice president, Government Affairs, American Public Trans- portation Association, prepared statement of ............................................. 231 Eckert, Beverly, family member of September 11, 2001 victim, prepared statement of ................................................................................................... 122 Harris, Hon. Katherine, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida, prepared statement of ................................................................ 97 Kanjorski, Hon. Paul E., a Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania, prepared statement of ...................................................... 19 Kerrey, Bob, Commissioner; and John F. Lehman, Commissioner, Na- tional Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, pre- pared statement of ........................................................................................ 24 Light, Paul C., Robert F. Wagner school of public service, New York University, prepared statement of ............................................................... 203 Maloney, Hon. Carolyn B., a Representative in Congress from the State of New York: Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 46 Prepared statement of Family Steering Committee ............................... 134 McCarthy, John, executive director, critical infrastructure protection project, prepared statement of ..................................................................... 243 Miller, Hon. Candice S., a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan, prepared statement of ............................................................. 68 Platts, Hon. Todd Russell, a Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania, prepared statement of ...................................................... 153 Regenhard, Sally, family member of September 11, 2001 victim, prepared statement of ................................................................................................... 116 Tierney, Hon. John F., a Representative in Congress from the State of Massachusetts, prepared statement of ................................................... 147 Walker, David, Comptroller General, Government Accountability Office, prepared statement of ................................................................................... 160 Watson, Hon. Diane E., a Representative in Congress from the State of California, prepared statement of ........................................................... 106 (III) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 10:42 Dec 16, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 D:\DOCS\96537.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 IV Page Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by—Continued Waxman, Hon. Henry A., a Representative in Congress from the State of California, prepared statement of ........................................................... 11 Wiener, Robin, family member of September 11, 2001 victim, prepared statement of ................................................................................................... 127 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 10:42 Dec 16, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 D:\DOCS\96537.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 MOVING FROM ‘‘NEED TO KNOW’’ TO ‘‘NEED TO SHARE’’: A REVIEW OF THE 9/11 COMMIS- SION’S RECOMMENDATIONS TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2004 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:04 a.m., in room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Tom Davis (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Representatives Tom Davis, Shays, Ros-Lehtinen, McHugh, Platts, Schrock, Miller of Michigan, Turner, Carter, Blackburn, Harris, Waxman, Kanjorski, Maloney, Cummings, Kucinich, Davis of Illinois, Tierney, Watson, Lynch, Van Hollen, Ruppersberger, Norton, McCollum. Staff present: David Marin, deputy staff director/communications director; Ellen Brown, legislative director and senior policy counsel; Jennifer Safavian, chief counsel for oversight and investigations; John Hunter and David Young, counsels; Robert Borden, counsel/ parliamentarian; Robert White, press secretary; Drew Crockett, deputy director of communications; John Cuaderes and Victoria Proctor, senior professional staff members; Mason Alinger, Brian Stout, Jaime Hjort, Susie Schulte, Shalley Kim, and Brien Beattie, professional staff members; John Brosnan and Randy Cole, GAO detailees; Sarah Dorsie, deputy clerk; Allyson Blandford, office manager; Kristina Sherry, legislative correspondent; Corinne Zaccagnini, chief information officer; Phil Barnett, minority staff director; Karen Lightfoot, minority communications director/senior policy advisor; Anna Laitin, minority communications and policy assistant; Michelle Ash, minority senior legislative counsel; Rosa- lind Parker and David Rapallo, minority counsels; Earley Green, minority chief clerk; Jean Gosa, minority assistant clerk; and Cecelia Morton, minority office manager. Chairman TOM DAVIS. Good morning. The committee will come to order. I want to thank everybody for coming. We are here today nearly 3 years removed from that terrible day of September 11th to simultaneously look back and look forward. We grieve again for the men and women who lost their lives and pray once more for their loved ones. But it is also a time to remind ourselves of the important