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Monday July 11, 2005

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10:00Al Qaeda

Many say the attacks in London on Thursday have the hallmarks of an Al Qaeda operation. We'll talk about how the organization may have evolved since 9-11 and the threat it poses today.

Guests

Tod Lindberg, editor of "Policy Review;" research fellow at the Hoover Institution; author, "The Political Teachings of Jesus"

Roger Cressey, former counter terrorism official in the Clinton and Bush administrations

11:00Elizabeth Kostova: "The Historian" (Little, Brown)

One of the summer's hottest reads is a first novel by a woman who wrote in obscurity for ten years. She talks with Diane about writing a fresh take on the Dracula legend as seen through the eyes of scholars.

Guests

Elizabeth Kostova, author and winner of the Hopwood Award for the Novel-in-Progress.

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