one point was a guest on our show after 9/11 and talked about how serious this threat is and how long we ve been ignoring it now comes out and pens a column saying that we overreacted to 9/11. you want proof? have you seen any big attacks on the u.s. since? here s his quote. can anyone doubt that al-qaida is simply not that deadly a threat? while it has inspired a few much smaller attacks by local jihadies, it has been unable to execute a single one itself and pretty much built on that premise. can anyone doubt that al-qaida is yes, i would say that every american could doubt that, particularly the victims families of the 3,000 people who were killed by al-qaida. i believe what his point is that the way the u.s. overreacted was that they have spent so much money. he said that spending on intel gathering has increased by 250%. and he makes the point that though we have had all this bureaucratic increase to fight al-qaida, we still the intel