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