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Countdown to Terror: The Top-Secret Information that Could Prevent the Next Terrorist Attack on America--and How the CIA Has Ignored It Hardcover – May 1, 2005

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"Congressman Curt Weldon provides a rare—indeed unique—insight on what is going on in the war on terrorism through his 'Ali' missives. The book is a case study of an intelligence failure in the process of happening, with potentially catastophic consequences for the United States. Moreover, Curt accurately diagnoses the larger problems in the intelligence community that can result in intelligence failures. He offers a blueprint for solving these problems, and for winning the war on terrorism, that deserves a wide hearing."

—R. James Woolsey, former director of Central Intelligence

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Could the next September 11 be nuclear? This is no theory, says Congressman Curt Weldon, in his shocking new book Countdown to Terror. It is a fact as real as the arrest of Muslim terrorists who planned to crash a plane into the Seabrook nuclear power plant in New Hampshire in 2004. Whats even more stunning, Congressman Weldon tried to warn American intelligence about the attackbut no one in Americas intelligence community would listen. How did Congressman Weldon know about it? Because of a secret source, an intelligence contact code-named Ali who has been a treasure trove of reliable intelligenceintelligence that, despite Congressman Weldons strenuous efforts, has been routinely ignored by the CIA and the rest of Americas intelligence services. But in Countdown to Terror, Congressman Weldon lets you know what the CIA doesnt want to know. Youll learn, straight from Alis actual reports: · Why Iran will decide the next terror strike on America · How a major planned terror strike was called off because the terrorists thought it would help President Bush politically · Why Iran, not al Qaeda, is the command post of radical Islamic terror · Who is undercutting American efforts to create a peaceful, stable Iraq · Why Iran is like the Soviet Union in the 1980s: extremely dangerous, the iron glove behind all our enemiesyet on the verge of internal collapse · The Iranian nuclear program: red-hot and more advanced than you think Congressman Weldons sharing of vital intelligence with you, the reading public, is unprecedented. But it is necessary so that the American people can be informed and pressure our government to do what needs to be done to protect our country, fix our still broken intelligence services, and win the war on terrorism. Countdown to Terror is a frightening bookbut it is all true. And if we act now, we can avoid its grimmest scenarios.

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Publisher : Regnery Publishing; First Edition (May 1, 2005)
Language : English
Hardcover : 245 pages
ISBN-10 : 0895260050
ISBN-13 : 978-0895260055
Item Weight : 15.9 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,481,296 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,764 in Political Intelligence
- #4,153 in Terrorism (Books)
- #4,876 in National & International Security (Books)

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James Callahan

Half the story?

Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2005

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This book is on a very timely and vital topic of international relations for the United States. On the positive side it points up the importance of Iran which has been a covert adversary of the US over the last 20 years. The book presents a lot of interesting information about what is happing in Iran today. However, one does not get the whole history of US relations with Iraq since the downfall of the Shah--much of which is undoubtedly secret. Also, a central contention of the book is that the CIA is ignoring a vital source of information about Iran, but we never get the CIA counterpoint to this contention or at least something approximating their reasoning. As a reader I felt I had gained some insight, but was missing importance perspective on the subject as a whole.

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Give Congressman Weldon your ear please.

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2006

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He trid to tell people that Muhammed Atta's cell in Brooklyn was known a year before 911, deaf ears. That is why he wrote this book. Give him a chance to tell you what he found! Weldon writes even better than he speaks. A presentation last month in Phoenix was moving, full of personal anecdotes about 911. But in order to move on, learn, and prevent, we need facts, dates, and names. This book provides those in abundance. Also happens to be a "thriller" to read (except, real life!).

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Bill Watts

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Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2005

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I just read this book that is absolutely frightening concerning the war on terror, and about Iran and just how totally complicit and even in charge of all the insurgency in Iraq they are-----and their plans on how to destroy America and Israel-----how they plan events to attempt to manipulate US elections, even to possibly kill George Bush's father----which apparently the Secret Service did listen and take as credible.

Terror events that have happened including the infiltration and coordinated terrorist attacks to 'destabilize Iraq' were foreknown and vetted by a source known to Curt Weldon-----but completely ignored by the CIA and FBI-----and a terror cell that was planning to hijack an aircraft in Canada and fly it into a key Atomic Energy Plant near Boston to create a horrific disaster 10 times more deadly than Chernobyl-----was 'actionable intelligence' also ignored by the CIA and FBI----but the Canadian authorities arrested these 19 terrorists, all of which were Pakistanis except for one-----and none of which were from Iran, so no direct link to expose who is calling the shots, organizing and supporting this attack-----but the Canadian authorities have merely deported them instead of putting them on trial!

Again, this book, if true, is so damn scary it should chill you to the very marrow of your bones-----and we should be alarmed,------and it should be the main story being hammered by the media in order to force our government to take proper action and to truly reform and clean up our intelligence agencies----instead of just doing 'publicity surgery' while its still 'business as usual.' In this era of the power of WMD's that can get into terrorist hands, we do not have the luxury of 'waiting until they attack us.'

He also tells how many brilliant analysts and leaders in our intelligence agencies have been 'forced to retire,' during the Clinton years because they 'told the truth' in contrast to the Clinton foreign policy agenda, and exposed China and Russia for their deadly intent towards America. We have to be 'complete fools' to believe Putin is our friend, or has changed since being so powerful in their Secret Police, the KGB, which is where he came from, a real wolf in sheep's cloth------or that China is our friend.

This book is truly frightening----to the point that if it is NOT the truth, the author should be charged with a crime! But, if it is true, he should be given a medal!

Bill Watts

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Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2016

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MIKEY

YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2005

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THIS BOOK REMINDS US THAT WE ARE IN A SERIOUS WAR THAT WE MUST WIN!

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Leon Czikowsky

Views on terrorism from a member of Congress

Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2014

You are a member of Congress, indeed, you are Vice Chairman of the Armed Services Committee. You call the CIA and tell them you have a source you believe is credible who claims Iran is planning on killing many Americans citizens. The CIA listens to you because, after all, you vote on their funding, and they decide to ignore your warnings. What do you do about this? You write a book. Thus, "Countdown to Terror" by Rep. Curl Weldon has resulted.

Incredibly, much of this book confirms what many critics of the Bush Administration have been saying all along: Iran is a threatening power in their region who supports terrorist operations and who seek dominance amongst their neighbors. Bush's father and the Reagan Administration had policies of guaranteeing a balance of power between Iran and Iraq. Our policies have allowed Iran and its terrorist influences to expand in power and in threat.

While the book is highly critical of current policies, Weldon fails to fault the source of these decisions: the Bush Administration. He does fault Bush's newly appointed CIA Director, and Weldon does properly note that it has been devastating that the CIA now produces reports that support current policies rather than concentrating on obtaining the facts needed to make proper judgments. Unfortunately, Weldon again fails to find fault with the originator of these failed policies, which is the Bush Administration.

Granted, Curt Weldon is a Republican Member of Congress, so he probably does not wish to burn his bridges with President Bush. He does find room to use the tactic that many Republicans use, and that is fault President Clinton. In doing so, he minimizes the value of his own message by making his comments partisan. He would have been better had he chosen to either make a bipartisan critique or to keep his analysis above politics.

A major problem with the book is it fails to explore logical explanations as to why the CIA would discount Rep. Weldon's source, a man he calls "Ali". The author claims that "simply put, the United States at this moment cannot afford to become entangled in war against Iran. The intelligence community may fear that this is precisely what could happen by working with Ali". This does not appear to a valid reason for the CIA to discount Ali's messages if in fact they are credible as, if Weldon is correct, ignoring the warnings could lead to devastation within America.

The message Ali delivers in this book, if correct, are truly frightening. Ali and Weldom believe the terrorist groups of Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Sepah Badr, Sepah and Ansar Islam have united into one large coordinated organization. Ali claims Iran has 45 suicide pilots planning to crash a planes into several targets, including a nuclear power plant. It is not logical that the CIA would not consider these as important messages. What the book does not tell is what is logical: the CIA does not find Rep. Weldon's source Ali as credible. Indeed, when Rep. Weldon describes Ali as a former high ranking government official in the Shah of Iran's Administration, one wonders how much the current Iranian government would trust and share with an official from the government they overthrew. The motivations of a critic who originated from the political opposition should be questioned, even if he still has access to the current Iranian government, as the author claims.

Ali also warns that Iran is close to developing a nuclear weapon and is trying to buy an atomic bomb from North Korea. He further states that Iran is behind much of the insurgency in Iraq, which may have some merit as Iran and Iraq have fought vicious wars and Iran surely wishes to influence Iraq's future at a time of disarray in Iraq. Another claim is that Osama Bid Laden is, or at least was, hiding in Iran, which might at least explain why our forces haven't been able to find him in Afghanistan or Pakistan. Ali predicted Yasser Arafat would be assassinated, and there is debate as to whether or not that was his fate. Ali also provides interesting facts about Iran, such as their terrible roads that lead to 15,000 deaths annually.

Ali claims that Khameni, Iran's spiritual and political leader, has stated that Mahdi, the Iman who in Shiite theology will come back to Earth to destroy infidels, told him in a dream to strike the United States within its boundaries. The book then curiously includes a hand written letter from Ali, which is not a good way to protect a source should he in fact be betraying his Iranian government.

The book makes for interesting reading for thought and debate. Whether it is credible, whether the CIA is correct, or perhaps whether our intelligence community secretly finds this credible but refuses to state so publicly, is open for discussion. What is certain is that the warnings are serious. We just don't know if they are credible.

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