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| STEPHEN JAFFE/AFP |
| White House terrorism czar Richard Clarke |
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 Early January, 2001
During the Clinton-to-Bush transition, White House terrorism czar Richard Clarke briefs Condoleezza Rice on the growing al-Qaeda threat. But the new Bush team is focused on other foreign-policy priorities: missile defense, relations with Russia and China.
January 25, 2001
Clarke presents a plan to his new bosses urging an aggressive five-point program to take the fight to al-Qaeda, calling for air attacks on all training camps in Afghanistan and giving full U.S. support to the Northern Alliance.
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