The ground truth / Farmer, John J

Farmer, one of the primary authors of the 9/11 Commission's report, reconstructs the truth of what happened on that fateful day and the disastrous circumstance that allowed it. Farmer builds the convincing case that the official version not only is almost entirely untrue but serves to create a false impression of order and security.

The author, senior counsel to the 9/11 Commission, provides an account of what really happened the day terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and argues that the structure of modern government--with its separation of powers and lack of intercommunications--is at fault for what he sees as the botched handling of the attack and its aftermath, a failure that showed itself again during Hurricane Katrina.