PART 1

An ill Wind Blowing

We can absorb a terrorist attack.

President Barack Obama, quoted in
Obama’s Wars by Bob Woodward

Under the last administration, as well as under this one, it has been the United States’ policy not to build a missile defense that would render useless Russia’s nuclear capabilities.

Testimony of the Secretary of Defense before
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, July 2010

Al Qaeda’s continued efforts to access chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear material pose a serious threat to the United States.

Testimony of FBI Director Robert Mueller
before Congress, March 2010