Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kubva munaNovember 1999 kusvika munaNovember 2001, aive Director weTransnational Threats paNational Security Council (NSC) vashandi, kwaaive nebasa rekubatanidza nekushandisa mutemo weUS wekurwisa hugandanga. Mukati menguva iyi, akatarisira mhinduro yeHurumende yeU.S. kunyeredzi yeMillennium, kurwisa USS "Cole"
, uye kurwisa kwaSeptember 11. Mukati menguva yake paNSC, Cressey akadaidzira kuti matanho atorerwe kurwisa al-Qaeda naBin Laden, ayo akanyanyofuratirwa kusvikira pana 9/11.