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Statement of Gerald L. Dillingham to the
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
ApriM, 2003 The Commission held its third public
hearing on "Terrorism, Al Qaeda, and
the Muslim World" on July 9, 2003 in
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Commission:
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We are here today to discuss our public work on transportation security. As you know,
the General Accounting Office is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the Commission Members
Congress. Our mission is to support the Congress in meeting its constitutional
responsibilities and to help improve the performance and accountability of the federal Thomas H. Kean
government for the American people. We examine the use of public funds; evaluate Chair
federal programs and policies; and provide analyses, recommendations, and other
assistance to help the Congress make informed oversight, policy, and funding decisions. Lee H. Hamilton
Our commitment to good government is reflected in our core values of accountability, Vice Chair
integrity, and reliability. We wish to thank the Commission for inviting us today to share
our knowledge of transportation security issues, and we look forward to continuing to Richard Ben-Veniste
work with you.
Max Cleland
Fred F. Fielding
Since September 11, 2001, securing our nation's transportation system from terrorist Jamie S. Gorelick
attacks has assumed great urgency. On November 19, 2001, the Congress enacted the Slade Gorton
Aviation and Transportation Security Act, which created the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) within the Department of Transportation (DOT) and defined its John F. Lehman
primary responsibility as ensuring security in all modes of transportation. DOT then Timothy J. Roemer
worked to strengthen security through its modal administrations while simultaneously James R. Thompson
organizing the new agency to meet the longer-term challenge of implementing security
improvements that will not excessively inhibit commerce and travel or interfere with Commission Staff
other critical agency missions. With the passage of the Homeland Security Act on

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Gore Commission Final Report Page 1 of 10

HIMTB A V I A T I O N
No one knows airports better

Gore Commission Final Report

Introduction
Americans fly more often, more efficiently, and more safely than any other people in the world. Each year,
US airlines carry Americans on some 500 million trips -- 40 percent of the world's total. Fourteen of the
world's twenty busiest airports are in America. Ninety eight percent of all passengers go through one of the
nation's fifty busiest airports, with connection times commonly under 25 minutes.

There is absolutely no safer way to travel than on a US airline. In fact, people are far more likely to get hurt
or killed driving to the airport than on the flight itself.

Nevertheless, terrorists are a real threat to American air travelers. Terrorists bombed Pan Am flight 103,
killing 270 people. Terrorists plotted to bomb twelve American airliners out of the sky over the Pacific ocean
- and killed one person in a test of their plan. In the past eight years, people took about six billion air trips
world-wide; about 700 people died when bombs destroyed their airplanes.

The FBI, the CIA, and other intelligence sources have been warning that the threat of terrorism is changing
in two important ways. First, it is no longer just an overseas threat from foreign terrorists. People and places
in the USA have joined the list of targets, and Americans have joined the ranks of terrorists. The bombings
of the World Trade Center in New York and the Federal Building in Oklahoma City are clear examples of the
shift. The second change is that in addition to well-known, established terrorist groups, it is becoming more
common to find terrorists working alone or in ad-hoc groups. Some terrorists are not afraid to die in carrying
out their evil designs.

Although the threat of terrorism is increasing, the danger of an individual becoming a victim of a terrorist
attack ~ let alone an aircraft bombing ~ will doubtless remain very, very small. But terrorism isn't merely a
matter of statistics. We fear a plane crash far more than we fear something like a car accident. We may
survive a car accident, but we don't have a chance in a plane at 30,000 feet. This fear is one of the reasons
that terrorists see airplanes as attractive targets. And, they know that airlines are often seen as national
symbols.

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But while Israel has often been mentioned as the model for domestic security ever since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, transforming America into a security-conscious land like Israel may not
be so easy.

Whether traveling by air or walking into a movie theater, Israelis are accustomed to their bags being checked by
professional security personnel. Ordinary civilians are on the alert for suspicious packages.

Yonah Alexander, an Israeli and professor of terrorism studies here, said the United States used to view terrorism as a
nuisance, and something that would go away.

"Now it seems that the superpower of the United States and the international community is looking at Israel's
experiment as an experiment that worked most of the time," said Alexander, director of the International Center for
Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute in suburban Washington.

He said Americans will need to take the mundane security steps that Israel has had for years, such as frequent checks

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Since the events of September 11, 2001 the FAA and Transport Canada have mandated the installation of secure
cockpit doors with internal locking devices on commercial aircraft. Many people, however, are now starting to realize
that these doors alone will not solve the problem. No matter how well constructed the door is, the cockpit is
vulnerable each time the door is opened, an average of about eight times per flight.

The CRUPAX Flight Deck Security System was designed by an international consortium with input from law
enforcement, security, pilots, flight attendants, aerospace engineers, airlines and the flying public. This system leaves
nothing to chance, but is extremely user friendly. It is a modern, improved, light-weight version of the Israeli system
employed for many years by El Al Airlines, who have never had an aircraft hijacked. It is non-lethal and unobtrusive,
designed to tactfully keep all unauthorized persons away from the cockpit door when it is unlocked.

Examine the anatomy of a terrorist hijacking. If I am a trained terrorist, I am not concerned about any weapon
(including an air marshal's) being used against me, for the chances of that happening are slim indeed. When I board
the aircraft I do not need to carry anything on my person or in my luggage that airport security might detect, and I
have no known criminal record that would identify me, so picking me out of the crowd is an impossible task.

The new fortified cockpit doors will prevent low-grade hijackers and air rage cases from invading the cockpit by
breaking through the door, but they do nothing to deter the well- trained, determined terrorist. If I am that person, I
know that I do not have to break through the cockpit door. Leave that for the amateurs. All I have to do is occupy a
first class seat in the front row and rush the cockpit door when it is open. It is a virtual certainty that at some point a
flight attendant will knock on the door and it will be opened, and that is when I make my move. I hit the flight
attendant in the back with a solid body check and send her flying into the cockpit, probably knocking over the pilot
who unlocked the door in the process. Before anyone can even think of reacting, I am in the cockpit and my martial
arts training enables me to incapacitate or kill the other pilot in short order.

Even if there is an air marshal on board who is awake, alert and not in the bathroom, he has little or no opportunity
to stop me. I have moved so quickly that I am inside the cockpit before he can draw his firearm, and by the time he
reacts I have locked the bulletproof door behind me and he has no way of reaching me.

Situation Assessment: I have reached this point without the help of accomplices, without a weapon, and with little
or no resistance, because I have planned this very carefully and know there is no way to defend against me. I have

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The terrorist attack on the United States yesterday ( September

11th, 2001) was the worse in history. It was not however the
ABOUT
first terrorist attack of this new century, and certainly the last
MULTIEDUCATOR century was one in which terror came to the forefront of the
world scene. Here is a partial list of some of the major terrorist
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CONTACT US 1968: July 23rd - Three members of Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine hijack an El Al plane to Rome
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November 22nd - Twelve people were killed at a bombing in
the market in Jerusalem

1969-
February 18th An El Al aircraft in Zurich Switzerland was
attacked, the copilot was killed

February 21st were killed and eight injured in a bomb blast in

Jerusalem

August 29th A TWA 707 was hijacked by Palestinian terrorist

to Damascus

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