The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and the recent bombing of a commuter train in Madrid on March 11, 2004, underscore the reality of the vulnerability of modern societies and their infrastructures. Subsequently, all civilized nations, both unilaterally and in concert, are developing comprehensive strategies and capabilities to minimize future domestic, regional, and global threats. In the United States, President George W. Bush implemented policies to improve homeland security. The aim of this book is to provide the first comprehensive collection of important documents that focus on the critical mission of protecting against future terrorist attacks and represent the views, policies, and actions of the executive and legislative branches in the United States. Editors Yonah Alexander and Donald J. Musch have carefully selected key policy speeches, executive orders, presidential directives, reports, testimony, and legislation that reveal the inner workings of America's response to the attacks of 9/11 and efforts to thwart possible future attacks.