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Fear and Loathing

By Joel Bleifuss

As warnings from the Bush administration of an imminent terrorist attack spark fear in Americans, it behooves us to consider the following chronology: July 1996   A Pakistani terrorist with ties to Osama bin Laden tells the CIA and FBI that he planned to be trained as a pilot in the United States and fly an explosive-packed plane into CIA headquarters… return to article

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