December 17, 2001 Issue
"Although I'm not a genius, unfortunately, I'm ambitious
and I think I can do better."
-- Ron Howard, "Almost Famous"
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FEATURES The Osama Prophet BY ROBERT KOLKER John O'Neill, a charter member of the Elaine's crime-fighting posse, was widely regarded as the FBI's foremost authority on Osama bin Laden. When he resigned in August, his ambitions thwarted, he thought he was off the terrorism front line. The job he took? World Trade Center security chief. When he died in the attack, he left behind a wife, a girlfriend, two sets of kids who called him dad, and a giant question: Why weren't his warnings heeded?
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