About the Author

Peter Bergen, CNN?s terrorism analyst, with CNN since 1990. In 1983 he researched a documentary about Afghan refugees living in Pakistan for Britain?s Channel 4. In March 1997 Osama bin Laden agreed to be interviewed by him in Afghanistan, the first TV interview with him and members of his organisation. Bergen is a winner of the Edward R Murrow Award for best documentary on foreignaffairs. An American by birth, Peter Bergen was educated in the UK at Amplefo