Suspect Motives; Besieged by the atrocities at Abu Ghraib, Team Bush turned attention to the hunt for Al Qaeda.(George W. Bush)
Newsweek International, June, 2004 by Isikoff, Michael; Klaidman, Daniel; Thomas, Evan
Byline: Evan Thomas, Daniel Klaidman and Michael Isikoff, With bureau reports
John Ashcroft was in familiar form, part Sgt. Joe Friday, part Prophet of Doom. Standing by giant mug shots of seven terrorist suspects, the U.S. attorney general warned, "Be on the lookout... for each of these seven individuals. They all pose a clear and present danger to America. They all should be considered armed and dangerous." America, it seemed, faced a frightening summer. As exhibit A, Ashcroft cited a statement from an "Al Qaeda spokesman" that plans for an attack "to hit the United States hard" were "90 percent complete."
But things are not always as they seem in the wilderness of mirrors known as the war on terror. The facts are a little less stark, the motives...
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