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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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