The release of a new report Tuesday that says Al Qaeda has reorganized to pre-9/11 strength and is preparing for a major US strike has sparked debate among government officials and observers about the Bush administration's foreign policy and counterterrorism efforts. The National Intelligence Estimate assessment indicates that the Islamic terrorist organization's rise has been bolstered by the Iraq war and the failure to counter extremism in Pakistan's tribal areas.

"The Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland" report focuses on the next three years and is the first report to review the potential for terrorist attacks exclusively in the United States, reports The Boston Globe. The nation's 16 intelligence agencies began compiling the report last October and completed their assessment in June. Though the report indicated that Hizbullah may become a threat if the US takes action against Iran or seriously threatens or attacks the Islamic organization, the majority of the report focused on the "rejuvenating effect the Iraq war has had on Al Qaeda."

For the last few years intelligence officials have suggested much of Al Qaeda's central leadership has been neutralized, and that the primary national security threat came from splinter groups [Osama] bin Laden inspired but doesn't command. Yesterday's assessment summary concludes that the same organization that meticulously planned and executed the September 11th attacks is alive and well.

"This clearly says Al Qaeda is not beaten," said Michael Scheuer , who formerly headed up the CIA's bin Laden search team.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0718/p99s01-duts.html

If they hit us while Bush is president let me know.....

911 bush was pres FYI

I stand corrected - If they hit us again while Bush is president let me know.

did you predict that one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjSoKy7jNUQ&feature=related

Well, well, well. Like I tried to tell you before - it's all a play on words:

Headline
"No Direct Link" / "No Smoking Gun" for al quaida in Iraq
Story
Al quaida Never in Iraq

If you spin it that way it seems undeniable yet many
very intelligent researchers have shown indirect references to documents that suggest otherwise and the proof may have existed but never was found because saddam destroyed it.


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"not specific to time, place, and date" is what Rice says
Story
Us Never Warned About 911 Attackers

you see- I could spin it that way

And this is the True damage that 8 yrs has done.