Terrorism takes brains. You don’t need political influence, military might or economic resources to plant bombs or take hostages but, without brains, terrorism is nothing more than random violence. Consider al-Qaida’s attack on New York City and Washington, D.C., three years ago. It required a force of only 20 men armed with box cutters, yet it was so brilliantly conceived, meticulously planned and keenly attuned to global politics that it changed the world. Full Story