'' Against All Enemies : Inside America 's War on Terror '' ( ) is a 2004 award-winning book by former U.S. chief counter-terrorism advisor Richard A. Clarke , criticizing past and present presidential administrations for the way they handled the War on Terrorism . The book focused much of its criticism on President George W. Bush , charging that he failed to take sufficient action to protect the country in the elevated-threat period before the September 11 attacks and for the 2003 invasion of Iraq , which Clarke feels greatly hampered the War on Terrorism . The book 's title comes from the oath of office taken by all U.S. federal officials ( except the President ) , in which they promise to defend the Constitution " against all enemies , foreign and domestic . " Clarke argues that he made numerous urgent requests for a meeting about dealing with terrorism , had CIA Director George Tenet include numerous details about Al-Qaeda in daily briefings , found an unprecedented level of terrorist " chatter " before September 11
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Against All Enemies