Notes on Oriental Rugs and Persian Rugs by Barry O'Connell

Notes on Daniel Benjamin

Daniel Benjamin was a terrorism expert in the Clinton White House. He was director for transnational threats on the National Security Council. he noe serves as a senior fellow in the CSIS International Security Program.

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"Daniel Benjamin is a senior fellow in the CSIS International Security Program. Prior to joining CSIS in January 2001, he was Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace. From 1994 to1999, he served on the National Security Council staff. In 1998-1999, he was director for transnational threats. His principal responsibilities were in the area of counterterrorism and included coordinating U.S. counterterrorism policy, programs, and budgets within the federal government. From 1994 to 1997, he was a special assistant to the president and National Security Council director for speechwriting. Before entering the government, Benjamin was Berlin bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal. He has been a foreign correspondent and staff writer for Time magazine. His recent publications include articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, New York Review of Books, and Survival, and he is a frequent columnist for the international edition of Time. Together with Steven Simon of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, he wrote The Age of Sacred Terror (Random House, 2002), which documents the rise of Al Qaeda and religiously motivated terrorism, as well as America's efforts to combat that threat. The Age of Sacred Terror was selected as a "Notable Book of 2002" by the New York Times and the Washington Post. Benjamin holds degrees from Harvard University and Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar. " www.mershon.ohio-state.edu

List of Publications from www.csis.org

"The Worst Defense," with Steve Simon, The New York Times, February 20, 2003.

"Al Qaeda's Dangerous Metamorphosis", The Los Angeles Times, Novermber 11, 2002.

"In the Fog of War, a Greater Threat", The Washington Post. October 31, 2002.

The Age of Sacred Terror, Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon, (New York NY: Random House, 2002).

"Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda Are Not Allies" , The New York Times, September 30, 2002.

"Get Those Allies into the Tent," Time, January 29, 2002.

"Failure of Intelligence?" with Steve Simon, The New York Times, December 20, 2001.

"Transcending Mistrust of the Government Hindered by the War on Terrorism (Übersteigertes Misstrauen gegen die Regierung Behindert den Kampf gegen den Terrorismus)," with Steve Simon, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 16, 2001. pg. 13.

"A Homeland in Search of Security," with Steve Simon, The New York Times, November 13, 2001. Page 17.

"The Terror," Survival, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Volume 43, Number 4, Winter 2001.

"Shoulder to Shoulder," with Steve Simon, Time, October 31,2001.

"Myths of American Misdeeds," with Steve Simon, The Financial Times, October 1, 2001.

"Relaxing the Strong Arm," Time, September 28, 2001.

"At War With a Wraith," The Washington Post, with Steven Simon, September 14, 2001. Pg. A37.

"Defusing a Time Bomb; A More Effective Approach to Afghanistan," with Steven Simon, The Washington Post, July 16, 2001. Pg. A15.

"Don't Isolate Pakistan: Regional Insecurity will be Heightened if the West Turns its Back on Musharraf," with Steve Simon, The Financial Times, July 13, 2001.

"America the Difficult," Time, May 28, 2001. p.31.

"Scandal? What Scandal?," Time, April 30, 2001.

"Running Out of Chances," Time, March 19, 2001. p. 33.

"A Mightier Europe Can Only Help the U.S.," Los Angeles Times, March 8, 2001.

"Pan Am 103: Keep Up the Fight," The Washington Post, with Steven Simon, February 1, 2001.

"The Limits of Peacekeeping," Time, January 8, 2001. p. 37.

"The American Paradox," Time, December 25, 2000-January 2001. p. 69.

"Stay Put in the Balkans," The Washington Post, December, 27, 2000.

"Closer to Home," Time, with Steven Simon, November 6, 2000. p. 62.

"The Kyoto Debate Heats Up," The Financial Times, with William Antholis, October 24, 2000.

"Past is Not Prologue," Time, October 9, 2000. p. 46.

"As a Conflict Intensifies, It's India's Move," with Steve Simon, The New York Times, March 15, 2000. pg. A29.

"America and the New Terrorism," with Steve Simon, Survival, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Volume 42, Number 1, Spring 2000.

"The New Face of Terrorism," with Steve Simon, The New York Times, January 4, 2000.

"Hot Air in Genoa," Time, January 1, 2000.

"Islam's War of Words," with Steve Simon, Time, 2000.