Christopher Kojm, the former deputy executive director of the 9/11 Commission, will speak about how the report was made at the Princeton Public Library 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23.
The event is sponsored by Friends of the Princeton Public Library.
Following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush appointed a commission to investigate the tragedy after relatives of those killed in the attacks mounted an intensive campaign for an independent investigation.
The talk by Mr. Kojm offers an opportunity to learn how the commission and its staff assembled, analyzed and drew conclusions from the information obtained by many sources and witnesses, and how they prepared a report that became a highly acclaimed best seller.
Mr. Kojm, who is a visiting professor at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and an alumnus of the university, will offer an insider’s perspective on the workings of the 9/11 Commission. He will highlight the process by which the commission members, drawn from a wide range of political backgrounds, came together under the leadership of former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean and former Congressman Lee Hamilton (D-Ind.) to produce a unanimous report.
The talk will be held in the library’s Community Room and is free and open to the public.
