To Defeat Terrorists, Start Using the Library: Scott Helfstein

Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- The information glut that marks the21st century is evidenced in some unexpected places. Last month,my organization, the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point,released a report that sharply disputed conventional wisdomabout terrorism along the Afghanistan-Pakistani frontier.

The report argued that the Haqqani Network, a border-spanning tribal group with deep ties to Pakistan’s government,had been more influential than the Taliban in aiding al-Qaeda’srise.