AdvertisementThe CIA And The Hazards Of Middle East Forecasting05:06Download AudioResumeFebruary 04, 2013Tom GjeltenfacebookEmailEgyptian President Anwar Sadat is flanked by senior military officers as he reviews maps of battlefield developments in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. He's shown at army headquarters in Cairo on Oct. 15, 1973. Egypt and Syria attacked Israel, catching Israel and the CIA off-guard. (AP)