TRUDY RUBIN: Al-Qaida remains the crux of the problem

As we approach the seventh anniversary of 9/11, many Americans may be confused about the nature of the current terrorist threat. The White House has told us for years that Iraq was "the central front in the war on terror." Yet the CIA says the front is now on the Afghan-Pakistani border. Osama bin Laden and crew are well and operating out of a safe haven just inside Pakistan, not far from where he planned the... [read full story]