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Thanks to one commenter's thoughtful suggestion, here is the Table of Contents for the book, matched with links to the chapters that have been made available so far::

 

Part One The Road to 9/11

Introduction: The Gift

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Chapter 1 Skating on Stilts

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Chapter 2 Atta’s Soldier

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Chapter 3 To the Wall

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Chapter 4 Never Again

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Part Two Flight and Facts

Chapter 5 Europe Picks a Privacy Fight

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Chapter 6 To the Brink

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Chapter 7 Al Qaeda’s Frequent Traveler Program

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Chapter 8 Privacy Victims in the Air

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Part Three Tomorrow's Terrorism

Chapter 9 Moore’s Outlaws

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Chapter 10 Big Brother’s Revenge

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Chapter 11 Invested in Insecurity

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Chapter 12 Smallpox in the Garage

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Part Four The Privacy Problem

Chapter 13 What’s Wrong with Privacy?

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Chapter 14 Privacy for the Real World

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