the scenario is "not far-fetched" and that the required technology is readily available. However, the 9/11 Commission Report revealed that national security officials did not consider the possibility: “[Counterterror official] Richard Clarke told us that he was concerned about the danger posed by aircraft in the context of protecting the Atlanta Olympics of 1996, the White House complex, and the 2001 G-8 summit in Genoa. But he attributed his awareness more to Tom Clancy novels than to warnings from the intelligence community.” In the aftermath of the attacks, Clancy was called into CNN and commented on the similarity between a plane crash depicted in the novel and the crash of United Flight 93. CNN anchor Judy Woodruff later remarked: "People in our newsroom have been saying today that what is happening is like right out of a Tom Clancy novel." References Further reading Gallagher, Mark. Action figures: Men, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives (Springer, 2006). Griffin, Benjamin. "The good guys win: Ronald Reagan, Tom Clancy, and the transformation of national security" (MA thesis , U of Texas, 2015). online Hixson, Walter L. "Red Storm Rising: Tom Clancy Novels and the Cult of National Security." Diplomatic History 17.4 (1993): 599-614. Outlaw, Leroy B. "Red Storm Rising-A Primer for a Future Conventional War in Central Europe"" (Army War College, 1988). online Payne, Matthew Thomas. Playing war: Military video games after 9/11 (NYU Press, 2016). Terdoslavich, William. The Jack Ryan Agenda: Policy and Politics in the Novels of Tom Clancy: An Unauthorized Analysis (Macmillan, 2005). excerpt 1994 American novels American thriller novels Aviation novels Financial thrillers G. P. Putnam's Sons books Japan in non-Japanese culture Novels about nuclear war and weapons Novels by Tom Clancy Novels set in Japan Novels set in Maryland Novels set in Tennessee Novels set in Washington, D.C. Race-related controversies in literature Ryanverse Techno-thriller novels