... and al Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan... ...isis 174 6.2 Post-Crisis Reflection:Agenda for 2000 182 6.3 The Attack on the USS Cole 190 6.4 Change and Continuity 198 6.5 The New Administrat... ...rnment, always conscious of its duties as the custodian of Islam’s holiest places, joined with wealthy Arabs from the Kingdom and other states borderi... ...ns for recruiting and training fighters for Islamic insur- gencies in such places as Tajikistan, Kashmir, and Chechnya. Pakistani intelli- gence offic... ...he CIA suffered exposure of its botched effort to land Cuban exiles at the Bay of Pigs.The Vietnam W ar brought on more criticism.A promi- COUNTERTERR... ...itary cantonment, away from civilian population centers and overwhelmingly populated by jihadists. Clarke remembered sitting next to T enet in a White... ...ar. Both denials are somewhat suspect. (He likewise denied knowing Omar al Bay- oumi—a man from San Diego we will discuss shortly—even though witnesse... ...other particular allegation is that a flight carrying Saudi nationals from Tampa, Florida, to Lexington, Ken- tucky, was allowed to fly while airspace... ...with special approval by senior U.S. government officials. On September 13,Tampa police brought three young Saudis they were protecting on an off-duty...

...r 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation?and Nonadap...