This series consists of the working files of Team 7, which investigated aviation security and the circumstances of the hijackings on September 11, 2001. Included are notes of interviews conducted by Commission staff; notes of visits to such sites as Logan and Dulles Airports; Power Point briefing slides of presentations given to Commission staff by federal agencies such as the Transportation Security Administration of the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Aviation Administration, and American and United Airlines; documents received by the Commission from agencies, particularly the Federal Bureau of Investigations, and airlines; reports from the General Accounting Office on transportation security; other government and private sector reports; drafts of chapter one of the Commission's final report; congressional hearing transcripts; and published articles and monographs.
Topics include aviation security preceding the hijackings on September 11, 2001. The records detail Team 7's research into what the U.S. aviation security system knew about terrorist threats to civil aviation and how such information was responded to. The records also show what policies and procedures changed in respect to civil aviation security after the attacks on September 11. The records document threats to civil aviation security and steps taken by the United States government to combat those threats. Improvements to aviation security, such as improved profiling systems, background checks on transportation employees, the regulation of flight schools, and the arming of and missile defense for civilian aircraft are also documented.
