ABSTRACT
A theme of this book is that the terrorist challenge in some way touches almost every part of the large federal bureaucracy, just as it affects all state and local governments and all Americans, in some respect. However the time and effort that any given component of the executive branch devotes to the problem varies enormously, from the national security departments such as State, Defense, and Homeland Security as well as the intelligence community to departments that focus on other issues but play a role because of their specialized skills or unique roles.
