Danie Benjamin & Steven Simon

Steven Simon served on the National Security Council staff as director for global issues from 1994 to 1998 and senior director for counterterrorism from 1998 to 1999. Daniel Benjamin served as director for counterterrorism on the National Security Council staff from 1998 to 1999 and as foreign-policy speechwriter for President Clinton from 1994 to 1997. Steven Simon and Daniel Benjamin’s previous book, The Age of Sacred Terror , was a New York Times ‘Notable Book’ and a Washington Post bestseller.