Congressional Record: June 5, 2002 (Senate)
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                     INITIAL SCOPE OF JOINT INQUIRY

  Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Initial
Scope of the Joint Inquiry into the events of September 11, 2002, being
conducted by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, be printed in the
Congressional Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:


                                preamble

       To reduce the risk of future terrorist attacks; to honor
     the memories of the victims of the September 11 terrorist
     attacks by conducting a thorough search for facts to answer
     the many questions that their families and many Americans
     have raised; and to lay a basis for assessing the
     accountability of institutions and officials of government.

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and House Permanent Select
  Committee on Intelligence Adopt This Initial Scope of Joint Inquiry

       Pursuant to section 5(a)(1) of Senate Resolution 400, 94th
     Congress, Rule 6 of the Rules of Procedure of the Senate
     Select Committee on Intelligence, Rule XI(1)(b) of the Rules
     of the House of Representatives, and Rule 9 of the Rules of
     Procedure of the House Permanent Select Committee on
     Intelligence, the two Committees have authorized an
     investigation, to be conducted as a Joint Inquiry, into the
     Intelligence Community's activities before and after the
     September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
     The Committees have undertaken this Joint Inquiry pursuant to
     their responsibility to oversee and make continuing studies
     of the intelligence activities and programs of the United
     States Government and all other authority vested in the
     Committees.
       The purpose of this Joint Inquiry is--
       (a) to conduct an investigation into, and study of, all
     matters that may have any tendency to reveal the full facts
     about--
       (1) the evolution of the international terrorist threat to
     the United States, the response of the United States
     Government including that of the Intelligence Community to
     international terrorism, from the creation of the Director of
     Central Intelligence's Counterterrorist Center in 1986 to the
     present, and what the Intelligence Community had, has, or
     should have learned from all sources of information,
     including any terrorist attacks, or attempted ones, about the
     international terrorist threat to the United States;
       (2) what the Intelligence Community knew prior to September
     11 about the scope and nature of any possible attacks against
     the United States or United States interests by international
     terrorists, including by any of the hijackers or their
     associates, and what was done with that information;
       (3) what the Intelligence Community has learned since the
     events of September 11 about the persons associated with
     those events, and whether any of that information suggests
     actions that could or should have been taken to learn of, or
     prevent, those events;
       (4) whether any information developed before or after
     September 11 indicates systemic problems that may have
     impeded the Intelligence Community from learning of or
     preventing the attacks in advance, or that, if remedied,
     could help the Community identify and prevent such attacks in
     the future;
       (5) how and to what degree the elements of the Intelligence
     Community have interacted with each other, as well as other
     parts of federal, state, and local governments with respect
     to identifying, tracking, assessing, and coping with
     international terrorist threats; as well as biological,
     chemical, radiological, or nuclear threats, whatever their
     source (such as the Anthrax attack of 2001)
       (6) the ways in which the Intelligence Community's
     responses to past intelligence problems and challenges,
     whether or not related to international terrorism, have
     affected its counterterrorism efforts; and
       (7) any other information that would enable the Joint
     Inquiry, and the Committees in the performance of their
     continuing responsibilities, to make such recommendations,
     including recommendations for new or amended legislation and
     any administrative or structural changes, or other actions,
     as they determine to be necessary or desirable to improve the
     ability of the Intelligence Community to learn of, and
     prevent, future international terrorist attacks; and
       (b) to fulfill the Constitutional oversight and informing
     functions of the Congress with regard to the matters examined
     in the Joint Inquiry.

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