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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"9/11 Commission"”.
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A Falling Sky: A Novel
<p>In the days following the attacks of September 11th, 2001, writers of fiction and non-fiction, poets, and screenwriters struggled with how and when to put to use their craft as a way to, not only express their feelings about the event, but to do their part' to help assuage the grief felt by the …
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100% container scanning : security policy implications for global supply chains
… HR1 the "Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007." The 9/11 Act requires 100% scanning of US-bound containers at foreign seaports by 2012 through the use of non-intrusive (NII) and radiation detection equipment. Maritime stakeholders and the government community have …
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Feasibility analysis of scanning 100% of maritime cargo containers for fissile material
… H.R. 1: Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007. The law mandates that 100% of air and maritime cargo must be scanned prior to entering the United States, and has been deemed unfeasible by many opponents. The analysis contained in this thesis shows that it is much more …
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Fixing the national security state: commissions and the politics of disaster and reform
In the U.S. federal system, “crisis commissions” are powerful instruments of social learning that actively mediate the politics of disaster and reform. Typically endowed with the legal authority to establish causes of dramatic policy failures and make recommendations to prevent their recurrence, …