"The panel has proffered a view of the future -- five years hence -- that we believe offers a reasonable, measureable, and attainable benchmark.  We believe that in the current absence of longer-term measurable goals, this benchmark can provide government at all levels, the private sector, and our citizens a set of objectives for readiness and prepardness."

- From the summary of the Fifth Annual Report: Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction, former Governor of West Virginia, James S. Gilmore

MILNET presents the full five annaul reports from the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction.  The source for these files is at the RAND Institude online document archive for the Advisory Panel.  The Panel was commissioned by an Act of Congress with an end date just after publishing its 5th report.

Gilmore Commission Annual Reports

12/15/2003 Executive Summary (PDF 236KB) Fifth Annual Report  (PDF 1.3MB) Appendices  (PDF 6MB) Forging America's New Normalcy 12/15/2002 Fourth Annual Report (PDF 2.4MB) Implementing the National Strategy 12/15/2001 Third Annual Report  (PDF 1.9MB) For Ray Downey 12/15/2000 Second Annual Report  (PDF974KB) Toward a National Strategy for Combatting Terrorsm 12/15/1999 First Annual Report  (PDF 919KB) Assessing the Threat