As the two-month anniversary of the World Trade Center attack approaches, the Bush
administration faces rougher going on three key fronts - domestic politics, economic and
homeland security, and the war itself.

In a year or two, and for decades afterward, historians will feel entirely free to
second-guess what went so wrong both before and after Sept. 11.

Why did US intelligence fail? How could we have so foolishly put our oil connection with the Saudis
above our national safety? Did we respond adequately to the economic effects of the crisis? Did the
bombing of Afghanistan cause fragile allied governments to unravel? In our efforts to enhance security,
did we sacrifice too many civil liberties or too few?