In the wake of 9/11 no one knew when the next attack would come, or where it would come from. America's enemies seemed gathered on all sides, and for several nerve-racking months, we lived in fear that the perpetrators might be plotting another action or, worse, that our most dangerous enemies--al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's murderous regime in Iraq--could be banding together against us.
The Bush administration and CIA director George Tenet warned against complacency and pointed to growing indications that al Qaeda and Iraq were in league. But their case was undercut by unnamed intelligence officails, skeptical politicians, and a compliant media. So America relaxed. A comforting consensus setted in: Osama bin Laden an impassioned fundamentalist, Saddam a secular autocrat. The two would never, could never work together. ABC News reported that there was no connection between them, and the New York Times said so too, and pretty soon just about everyone agreed.
Just about everyone was wrong
Chapter 1 Case Open: Who Is Ahmed Hikmat Shakir?
Chapter 2 A Skeptical Press
Chapter 3 Saddam Finds Religion
Chapter 4 Saddam And Osama Strike Back
Chapter 5 A Home For Terror
Chapter 6 "The Father And Grandfather Of Terrorists"
Chapter 7 Clinton's "Clound Of Fear"
Chapter 8 The Connection Makes The Papers
Chapter 9 What Happened In Prague?
Chapter 10 Act Globally
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