al-Qa'ida

The two flew to Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, on 5 January 2000, where they held what US intelligence officials later described as an "al-Qa'ida planning summit".

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

We judge al-Qa'ida operatives are balancing support for attacks in Pakistan with guidance to refocus the global jihad externally, against US targets.

Spy Chief Sees Iran Threats in U.S. Siobhan Gorman 2012

He learned that they had captured the wrong person: "We had misread the man; he was not a jihadist or a member of al-Qa'ida; he did not warrant transfer to Hotel California"—a black site where coercion would be used—"and doing so would serve no useful purpose."

Fifth Degree, Second Thoughts Ali Soufan 2011

A CIA report, declassified at my request, notes that KSM was the "preeminent source on al-Qa'ida."

Dick Cheney's Wars: The Former Vice President on 9/11, Iraq and the Future 2011

It now seems that at least two detainees from the prison who were released to Yemen are part of the al-Qa'ida affiliate group – called al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula – that has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Cheney: Obama pretending we are not at war 2009

Terrorist attacks continue, including from al-Qa'ida elements, and whether the government's persistent detractors, such as Muqtada al Sadr, will embrace political reform over violence is still unclear.

Rep. John Sarbanes: Key Tests Loom in Iraq and Afghanistan Rep. John Sarbanes 2011

In a blog post today, Wilkerson wrote: What I have learned is that as the administration authorized harsh interrogation in April and May of 2002 -- well before the Justice Department had rendered any legal opinion -- its principal priority for intelligence was not aimed at pre-empting another terrorist attack on the U.S. but discovering a smoking gun linking Iraq and al-Qa'ida.

The Real Reason 2009

Furthermore, it is Pakistan, not Afghanistan, where al-Qa'ida is most active.

Rep. John Sarbanes: Key Tests Loom in Iraq and Afghanistan Rep. John Sarbanes 2011

Our executive's "propensity to war" may be disguised as combating terrorists, but if we simply examine the balance of exchange we obliterate that disguise: the United States has spent almost two trillion dollars in response to an attack by al-Qa'ida that cost that organization about $500,000 to carry out.

Lawrence B. Wilkerson: 'Shadow Elite': War And The Deadly Privatization Of Public Power 2010

It was in the chaos of ungoverned spaces -- states or parts of states without effective law and order, services or other observable governance -- that non-state actors such as al-Qa'ida could set up shop and thrive, recruiting from the local environment and bringing like-minded friends in from abroad to set up camp.

Gabriel Lajeunesse: Towards a Fiscally and Politically Solvent Counterterrorism Strategy Gabriel Lajeunesse 2010