Stephen F. Hayes is a senior writer for the Weekly Standard and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Connection: How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein Has Endangered America . He has been a commentator on many television and radio broadcasts, including the Today show, Meet the Press , the Diane Rehm Show , Fox News Sunday , the O'Reilly Factor , and CNN's Late Edition . His writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times , the Philadelphia Inquirer , the Wall Street Journal , The National Review , and the New York Post . He lives on the Chesapeake Bay with his wife and two children.