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London Calling: Wake Up! The terrorist bombings in London today are yet another rude awaking to the presence of Al-Qaeda in many countries around the world.

Many of these authors listed below are U.S. government, CIA, or Washington D.C. insiders aware of Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda well before the 9/11 attacks. Read some of these and learn more about the dark factors that mold our times.

See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA’s War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, former CIA officer.

Sleeping With The Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude by Robert Baer, former CIA officer.

Against All Enemies by Richard A. Clarke

Defeating The Jihadists: A Blueprint For Action by Richard A. Clarke, began his federal service in 1973 in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In the Reagan administration, he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence. In the first Bush administration, he was the Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs and then a member of the National Security Council staff. He served for eight years as a special assistant to President Clinton and was National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism for both President Clinton and President George W. Bush.

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll, managing editor for the Washington Post.

Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush by John W. Dean, Nixon’s White House counsel.

Chain of Command : The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib by Seymour M. Hersh, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter.

Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror by Michael Scheuer, senior intelligence analyst who created and advised a secret CIA unit for tracking and eliminating bin Laden since 1996.

Through Our Enemies’ Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam & the Future of America by Michael Scheuer, senior intelligence analyst who created and advised a secret CIA unit for tracking and eliminating bin Laden since 1996.

House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World’s Two Most Powerful Dynasties by Craig Unger, investigative journalist.

A Pretext For War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America’s Intelligence Agencies by James Bamford.

Plan Of Attack by Bob Woodward, famous reporter for the Washington Post.

Age of Sacred Terror: Radical Islam’s War Against Americaby Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon, National Security Council directors during the Clinton administration.

The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States