In her new book, Bush versus the Beltway, best-selling author Laurie Mylroie analyzes decision-making processes inside the CIA and the State Department, specifically those that allowed key intelligence on terrorist activities before the 9/11 attacks to be overlooked. She also argues that indisputable evidence on Iraq’s development of weapons of mass destruction and information about Iraqi links to al Qaeda were systematically overlooked for the wrong reasons and that the institutional mindset propagated by these agencies--total disbelief in the continued existence of state-sponsored terrorism after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing--allowed states such as Iraq the opportunity to act through international terrorist organizations without fear of retribution. The war in Iraq, Mylroie argues, was not only justifiable, but necessary.