For example, we see an all-too-believable Richard Nixon seeking a psychic's advice about future terrorist attacks--and then flying into a rage against Jews and Israel upon hearing a prediction that such attacks are likely. http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w050516&s=dryer052005 Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism By Timothy Naftali (Basic Books, 352 pp., $26.00) -- Michael Pugliese