Terror in the Skies
I've been entirely neglecting my household chores of late, and it's all Annie Jacobsen's fault. Ever since her new book "Terror in the Skies" arrived in the mail, I've been unable to put it down.
I recommend this book to everyone who flies (and not just because yours truly makes a cameo appearance therein.) During the past four years, I'd clung stubbornly to the naive belief that 9/11 was a "one-off" success that the terrorists would never be able to duplicate. This book single-handedly shook me out of that complacency. Not only do I think it can happen again, but I think terrorist "dry runs" and abortive missions are far more common than any of us would like to believe.
"Terror in the Skies" is scrupulously documented and well researched (as I expected), but also delivers a compelling, harrowing narrative that caused me a severe case of the willies as I stayed up late reading it in the dark quiet of my living room.
You can buy "Terror in the Skies" by clicking on the link below. But prepare to be unsettled.
Comments
Annie Jacobsen is more than a bit of a nut.
Her original claim, from which grew this book, has been debunked here and here.
That said, I am not 100% convinced that the government always tells us the truth. But since I'm commenting at a blog that implicitly trusts the Bush Administration to tell the truth, then you have two choices: Either Annie Jacobsen is a hysterical nutball, or the government is lying.
Take yer cherce.
Now, I admit that when I was on a flight home from Jamaica, which is hardly a hot destination for Muslims, and there was a young couple who were swarthy of skin and in which the woman was
in full Islamic dress (long dress, veil -- in Jamaica), I was nervous as hell. That doesn't mean they were terrorists.
Posted by: Jill | September 21, 2005 05:06 PM