Lipstick on a pig : warning signs in Afghanistan -- Liberty crossing -- The sword of Damocles : the continuing travails in Afghanistan -- The root of all evil : the Pakistani problem -- We have to kill them all : scenes from the Global War on Terrorism -- Men of zeal : homeland security and domestic terrorism -- Distant battlefields : mission creep and the U.S. intelligence community -- The past is prologue : the lessons for U.S. intelligence from today's battlefields.