25 years after 9/11, commission reforms face a new test
As the nation marks 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks, the piece recalls earlier Islamist attacks on U.S. targets and examines whether post‑9/11 reforms are holding up under new pressures.
Marking 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks, the article recalls earlier Islamist terrorist strikes against the United States, including the 1993 truck bombing at the World Trade Center in Manhattan and the 1998 al Qaeda bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. It frames those events in the context of ongoing efforts to implement recommendations from the 9/11 Commission and asks whether those reforms are being tested today.