Commission on Terrorist Attacks to Hold First Meeting

NPR | By Jackie Northam

Published January 27, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

An independent commission on terrorist attacks will meet on Monday for the first time. Created by Congress, the 10-member, bipartisan National Commission on Terrorist Attacks will assess the intelligence failures leading up to Sept. 11. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

Jackie Northam

Jackie Northam is NPR's International Affairs Correspondent. She is a veteran journalist who has spent three decades reporting on conflict, geopolitics, and life across the globe - from the mountains of Afghanistan and the desert sands of Saudi Arabia, to the gritty prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and the pristine beauty of the Arctic.

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