The scramble for safety -- The cop: the rise of Ray Kelly -- The spy: the unusual career of David Cohen -- The dark side: Cohen among the clandestines -- The city: Anatomy of a target -- The battleground: Manhattan and Megiddo -- The black sites: Ways of making them talk -- The second wave: not the best-laid plans -- Building the system -- Safe streets: cops on dots -- Showtime: surges and scuba -- Red cells: the Counter terrorism Bureau -- Green clouds: Weapons of mass disruption -- Narrative: Iranian probes-2003 -- The warehouse: from sharing to trading -- The Feds: against them and with them -- Narrative: the Madrid bombings-2004 -- Neighbors: other cities, other states -- Apathy: rising threats and waning patience -- Anger: conventions and causes -- Narrative: the London bombings-2005 -- The precarious balance -- Bad numbers: the battle for morale -- Loners and copycats: the contract on Kelly -- Clusters: homegrown terrorism and national resources -- The French Connection: confronting chaos -- Rings of steel: defending ground zero -- Urban legends: of eccentrics and immigrants -- New Year's Eve: the countdown.