Focus On: Intel
American Anthrax: Fear, Crime, and the Investigation of the Nation's Deadliest Bioterror Attack by Jeanne Guillemin
Fear, Crime, and the Investigation of the Nation’s Deadliest Bioterror Attack
By: Jeanne Guillemin | October 7, 2011

Sunday, October 7, 2001. After Erin O’Conner, a thirty-eight-year-old editorial assistant to NBC newscaster Tom Brokaw, saw the televised footage of the FBI shutdown of the AMI building, she began searching the Internet for information about anthrax, especially the cutaneous form.

Ten days earlier O’Conner had developed a nasty sore on her chest, near her left shoulder, plus a fever and swollen glands in her neck.

She went to an internist who gave her a Cipro prescription and suggested she might have been bitten by a spider, although she mentioned a letter containing white powder sent to Brokaw that she had recently opened—it warned of a looming “unthinkable” attack.

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Focus On: Intel
Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World by Najwa bin Laden, Omar bin Laden, and Jean Sasson
Growing Up Bin Laden
By: Omar bin Laden, Najwa bin Laden, and Jean Sasson | October 7, 2011

CP Note: October 7, 2001, witnessed the start of Operation Enduring Freedom. The bin Laden family--and the rest of the world--watched as the strikes began.

A weird wail, followed by an excited voice, woke me from a deep sleep. I was at my grandmother’s home in Jeddah when my uncle came crashing into my room, his voice high, his words confusing. “Look what my brother has done! Look what my brother has done! He has ruined all our lives! He has destroyed us!”

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Focus On: Historic Battles
911: President George W. Bush with Senior Officials in Oval Office, 10/07/2001. Credit: Eric Draper/National Archives.
October 7, 2001: President Bush Announces Strikes Against Al Qaida Training Camps and Taliban Military Installations in Afghanistan
By: Callie Oettinger | October 7, 2011

CP Note: October 7, 2001, President George W. Bush gave his address to the nation, announcing strikes against Al Qaida training camps and Taliban military installations in Afghanistan.

President George W. Bush:

Good afternoon. On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes against Al Qaida terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. These carefully targeted actions are designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a terrorist base of operations and to attack the military capability of the Taliban regime.

We are joined in this operation by our staunch friend Great Britain. Other close friends, including Canada, Australia, Germany, and France, have pledged forces as the operation unfolds. More than 40 countries in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and across Asia have granted air transit or landing rights. Many more have shared intelligence. We are supported by the collective will of the world.

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