1990s National Security Insights From Richard Clarke On Terrorism Threats

Back in the early 1990s, when crashing planes and anthrax in the mail were the stuff of movies or at least far-away places, Richard Clarke was already warning of terrorism on U.S. soil. Attacks on our skyscrapers. Biological warfare in . . . Back in the early 1990s, when crashing planes and anthrax in the mail were the stuff of movies or at least far-away places, Richard Clarke was already warning of terrorism on U.S. soil. Attacks on our skyscrapers. Biological warfare in Washington and New York. All sorts of havoc worked up by none other than Osama bin Laden and his associates.

Clarke, a career public servant who until recently was a senior advisor to the National Security Council, has had the ear of the current and past two presidents. But some others in government and industry had dismissed him as overly cautious and a little paranoid

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