11. A Growing Threat: Al Qaeda and Its Allies on the Move
- Author:
- Matt Bennett, Sharon Burke, and Jeremy Ershow
- Publication Date:
- 09-2007
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Third Way
- Abstract:
- The idea that Americans are safe from al Qaeda because the group has not struck inside the United States since 9/11—a claim repeated just this week by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff—is one of the Bush administration's most dangerous, short-sighted and questionable notions about terrorism. Experience alone suggests otherwise: eight years passed between al Qaeda's first attempt to destroy the World Trade Center in 1993 and their attack in 2001. Indeed, a more thorough examination of the facts suggests that the threat not only remains—it is growing.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy and Terrorism
- Political Geography:
- United States and Middle East