Dar es Salaam / Washington / NewYork City / Boston / Peninsula / New York / Nairobi / Rome / Los Angeles / London / Crawford / /
Company
Bin Ladin and Associates / Counterterrorism Security Group / /
Continent
America / Europe / /
Country
Yemen / Bahrain / Kenya / Afghanistan / Canada / Tanzania / Israel / India / Saudi Arabia / Italy / Kuwait / United Arab Emirates / Jordan / United States / /
Event
Diplomatic Relations / Person Travel / Person Communication and Meetings / Judicial Event / Labor Issues / Product Issues / Product Recall / /
Facility
Genoa airport / Counterterrorist Center / NSC’s bridge / Los Angeles International Airport / /
Holiday
4th of July / /
IndustryTerm
airline hijacking / suspected terrorist travel / local law enforcement agencies summarizing informa= tion / explosive devices / media reports / visa applications / /
NaturalFeature
Arabian Peninsula / Persian Gulf / /
Organization
WorldTrade Center / al-Qaeda / Central Intelligence Agency / FBI Counterterrorism Division / U.S. embassy / Federal Aviation Administration / National Security Agency / East Africa embassy / Egyptian Islamic Jihad / Counterterrorist Center / Federal Bureau of Investigation / United States Marine Corps / Defense Intelligence Agency / U.S. Central Command / G-8 / Department of State / White House / CIA Counterterrorist Center / Al-Qa’ida / Secret Service / National Security Council / Department of Defense / /
Person
Richard Clarke / Usama Bin Ladin / Condoleezza Rice / Cofer Black / Abdullah / Tenet / Dick Cheney / George W. Bush / Abd al-Rahman / John Ashcroft / Omar Abdel Rahman / Abu Zubaydah / Pickard / Donald Rumsfeld / Colin Powell / Ahmed Ressam / al Qida / Stephen Hadley / /
Position
Advisor / president / Vice President / Coast Guard / operative / Secretary of State / Chief / Deputy Secretary of Defense / official / Executive / Crown Prince / U.S. ambassadors / representative / Secretary of Defense / Lieutenant / Director / COMMISSION REPORT official / Attorney General / /
8 “THE SYSTEM WAS BLINKING RED” 8.1 THE SUMMER OF THREAT As 2001 began, counterterrorism officials were receiving frequent but fragmen= tary reports about threats. Indeed, there appeared to be possible threats almost