On Sunday's Meet the Press, CIA Director Michael Hayden said, "If there were another terrorist attack against Americans, it would most certainly originate from that region"[Afghan-Pakistan border], according to the AP.

Hayden said the area presents a "clear and present danger".

Interestingly, the phrase "clear and present danger" was used by John Ashcroft to describe terrorist threat after Sept. 11., leading up to the 2003 Iraq invasion

Also prior to the invasion, McCain said, "Saddam Hussein presents clear and present danger to the United States of America with his continued pursuit of to acquire weapons of mass destruction."

Hayden continued:

"Operationally, we are turning every effort to capture or kill that leadership from the top to the bottom."

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Is the Pakistan-Afgan border the next region Bush plans to continue the "struggle against global terrorism"?

Will there be a concerted attack, since Iran didn't work out, to distract Americans from Iraq?