The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing: Foresight and Warning (Paperback)

~ Peter Caram (Author)

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Product Description

The World Trade Center was both a great engineering feat and a potent symbol. This careful analysis asserts that it was also a security hazard for almost all of its existence. The author, until recently a detective sergeant and antiterrorist officer at the World Trade Center with experience in airport security, voices harsh criticisms of the security lapses that allowed the 1993 bombing to take place, a precursor and unheeded warning of the 2001 disaster. Completed before this cataclysmic event, this book gives an insider 's perspective on Port Authority attitudes and on the mismanagement of security functions at the World Trade Center. It claims that officials did not give serious attention to the resentment of the United States' policy in the Middle East, nor to the mindset of Islamic fundamentalists, or even to expressed threats from dedicated terrorists. The author himself, of Arab-American descent, paints an indignant but well-informed picture of the situation prior to the attack in 1993. He offers chilling evidence that terrorists regarded the 1993 bombing as a bungled job that needed completion.

About the Author

Peter Caram is a former detective sergeant who was in charge of antiterrorist intelligence at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the organization that owned and ran the World Trade Center, and worked with the FBI Joint Terrorist Task Force, investigating the 1993 bombing. He is currently an international investigator and security consultant.

Product Details

• Paperback: 147 pages
• Publisher: Janus Publishing Company (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 185756586X
• ISBN-13: 978-1857565867
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,191,917 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Political Appointees More Worried About Themselves, December 24, 2003

By	J. Fay "ten13" (NYC, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Six died, thousands injuried, and the only thing the political appointees (including the politically appointed police supervisors) were worried about was who had access to the documents that predicted the '93 WTC Explosion.

Police Officers like Sgt. Caram, in ANY jurisdiction, are nothing more than Political Pawns to be used as needed. While the cops on the street are more concerned with true public safety, the political hacks care less. This book about the '93 WTC exemplifies this notion.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing, August 8, 2002

By	Margaret L. Sparks "Peggy" (MN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It happened in 1993 & again on 9/11/2001 with catstrophic devastation. This book educates Americans on the culture of the terrorist. It also tells us not to judge all Arabs peoples as having the ideals as the terrorists. It was a warning which went unheeded. It is fair to note the author went to great length to inform the proper people of our vulnerability, however he was not taken seriously, the horrors were dismissed as happening to some other country, where terrorism is more prevelant. We would do well to listen more astutely to those who have information for our protection & presevation.