” ‘I’m not trying to be an alarmist,’ [White House Chief of Staff] Mr. [Andrew] Card said on ‘Fox News Sunday [on September 30, 2001],’ ‘but we know that these terrorist organizations, like Al Qaeda, run by Osama bin Laden and others, have probably found the means to use biological or chemical warfare.’ ”
– James Dao, “Defense Secretary Warns of Unconventional Attacks,” The New York Times, Oct. 1, 2001