{"product_id":"against-all-enemies-inside-americas-war-on-terror-9780743260459","title":"Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE EXPLOSIVE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With all-new excerpts from Richard Clarke's dramatic public testimony, and revealing corroboration from The 9\/11 Commission Report \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the 9\/11 Commission Report: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"On the day of the meeting [September 4, 2001], Clarke sent Rice an impassioned personal note. He criticized U.S. counterterrorism efforts past and present. The 'real question' before the principals, he wrote, was 'are we serious about dealing with the al Qida threat?...Is al Qida a big deal?...\u003ci\u003eDecision makers should imagine themselves on a future day when the CSG has not succeeded in stopping al Qida attacks and hundreds of Americans lay dead in several countries, including the US, '\u003c\/i\u003e Clarke wrote. 'What would those decision makers wish that they had done earlier? That future day could happen at any time.'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClarke, Richard A.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eRichard Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e was appointed by President Clinton as the first National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counterterrorism in May 1998 and continued in that position under George W. Bush. Until March 2003 he was a career member of the Senior Executive Service, having begun his federal service in 1973 in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, as an analyst on nuclear weapons and European security issues. In the Reagan administration, Mr. Clarke was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence. In the first Bush administration, he was the Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs.","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527219712274,"sku":"9780743260459","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7d1c581e-676f-4fa2-8ebb-c3a2f19f9c7f.jpg?v=1731294755","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/against-all-enemies-inside-americas-war-on-terror-9780743260459","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}