I went to Saudi Arabia with two ovaries and left with one. While I was living in Saudi Arabia, I never drove. Had I driven, I would have been arrested for being a “terrorist” even though now, they are lifting the driving ban on women. Regardless, I came home to the United States with only one ovary. It must have been the four years of driving in the United States that made that tumor grow on my left ovary. I went to the gynecologist for the first time when I was about sixteen years old. You m

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To many people, Saudi Arabia is a country where most of the 9/11 hijackers came from. I have heard many call it the home of terrorists. For me, it was my home for about four years, on and off.

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I wrote the following book chapter in "Global Security: Flexibility, Issues, and the Thin Lines on the War Against Terrorism" (May 20, 2012, Ambivium Press) edited by Nubert Boubeka.

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How can the U.S. intelligence community improve?

A look at why this happened with a focus on the role of the intelligence analyst and the different sources of intelligence available.

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