In the ten years since 9-11 why has Tom Clancy never published anything championing the war on terror? Could it be he doesn't believe in it?
Clancy's government partner has always been Dr. Steve Pieczenik. It was Dr. Pieczenik who was the source for Clancy's information, and Jack Ryan was patterned after him. During the 1970s and 1980s Dr. Pieczenik was the government's principal figure on all matters related to counter-terrorism. He received his Phd in International Relations under Lucien Pye at M.I.T. while also completing his medical degree at Harvard. There are few geniuses in government, but he is without question a genius-level intellect. He used to be the counter-terror guru; the one to whom everyone else deferred.
What does Dr. Pieczenik say about the war on terror and Usama bin-Laden?
-UBL has been dead since 2003. His recent "killing" is a hoax.
-9/11 was known in advance and permitted to happen. The Patriot Act was fully composed five weeks before the attack.
-The purposes of the War On Terror are domestic politics/resource competition with China.
I am not in a position to know if his conclusions are valid or not. Sometimes geniuses go bent, and othertimes they're just far ahead of everyone else. However there is no one in the counter-terrorism field who is more distinguished. He should not be ignored.