About the Author

PETER BERGEN is a National Security Analyst for CNN and the author of three previous books about Al Qaeda and the war on terrorism, including Holy War Inc., a "New York Times "bestseller that has been translated into eighteen languages. Bergen is the director of the national security studies program at the New America Foundation, a research fellow at NYU's Center on Law and Security, and has taught at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and at Johns Hopkins University.