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A chilling audio tape of Osama bin Laden released yesterday is a sober reminder of an unfinished war on terror. The hunt for bin Laden continues but the outlook for success is still remote.

Guests:

Magnus Ranstorp, deputy director of the Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St. Andrews

Daniel Benjamin, author, “The Age of Sacred Terror” He served on the National Security Council under Clinton, 1994 to 1999.

Robert Blitzer, former counterterrorism chief of the FBI

 
 

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