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...That's not true, of course; a significant amount has been done in the fight against al-Qaeda. Osama bin Laden is either dead or on the run; his organization's financial operation is in shambles, and Afghanistan is no longer a safe haven for operations. But the administration's message, coming on the back of legislative probes and media questioning of the administration's handling of intelligence and security priorities before that attack, could actually function to undermine public confidence...
...that is, in how obsession works, because the emotion (is it an emotion?), the passion (must it always involve passion?), the mental devotion (that'll do for the moment) produces a multiplicity of applications. John W. Hinckley Jr. was obsessed with Jodie Foster; Hitler with Jews; Osama bin Laden with...
...sources tell TIME the bureau has sent word to its field offices and 56 federal terrorism task forces that they should advise local officials to tighten security around large apartment buildings, as well as busy malls, supermarkets and restaurants. The alert is a response to statements made by captured bin Laden aide Abu Zubaydah. According to sources, Abu Zubaydah told interrogators that al-Qaeda operatives were discussing attacks on "soft targets," meaning nongovernmental buildings and places where large numbers of Americans gather. Although investigators remain leery of anything Abu Zubaydah says, they don't want to discount his remarks entirely...
...Condoleeza Rice busy for the rest of the week. The explanation is the inherently obvious one: They surprised us, plain and simple, with a planes-as-missiles tactical leap. "There's been a long-standing awareness in the intelligence community, shared with the president, about the potential for bin Laden to have hijacking in the traditional sense," Fleischer said. Bush, he added, put out a secret alert based on the information the administration had, which wasn't much. Added Rice Thursday: "The government did everything that it could - in a period in which the information was very generalized, in which...
...news that the president of the United States is briefed about Osama bin Laden and hijackings. That's just not news," said Porter Goss, Florida Republican and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. He added that he believes the White House took "appropriate" action in response to the warning and stressed that much of the information was not specific...