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THE WORLD. THE RISE OF FUNDAMENTALIST ISLAM AND ALSO THE RISE OF TERRORISM IN THAT REGION OF THE WORLD. IT'S CALLED "GHOST WARS THE SECRET HISTORY OF...
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EXPENSIVE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO BOOST THE MUJAHEDEEN REBELS AND EXPEL SOVIET FORCES. THAT PROGRAM WAS SUCCESSFUL. ALONG THE WAY IT FUELED AND CREATED...
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PAKISTANIS AND AFGHANNIES. A TESTIMONY OF
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THE OTHER INTERVIEWS WERE NOT CONDUCTED IN -- ON GROUND RULES THAT ALLOWED ME TO NAME THE SOURCES. THE BOOK IS, THOUGH, I THINK VERY CAREFULLY FOOT...
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RECOGNIZE THE TEMPTATION. I THINK THERE
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ARE LOTS OF MOMENTS ALONG THE ROAD THAT IT'S POSSIBLE TO LOOK BACK AND SAY WHAT IF. IF
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WE HAD DUBBED THIS THREAT, MADE THIS DECISION IN A DIFFERENT WAY
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WOULD 9/11 HAVE UNFOLDED THE WAY IT DID. I THINK THOSE ARE LEGISLATE -- LEGITIMATE DISCUSSIONS TO HOLD. WHEN I LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THOSE EP SEWEDS,...
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| 00:05:03 |
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EXCERPT THAT APPEARED IN THE SUNDAY PAPER ABOUT THE AS YOU CALLED IT SECRET HUNT THAT UNRAVELED AT THE LAST MINUTE WHEN IT LOOKED AS THOUGH THE U.S....
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LADEN. HE WAS THEN LIVING ON A FARM NEAR CANNED DA HALF. THEY DEVELOPED A VERY SPECIFIC PLAN TO RAID THIS FARM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, PULL BIN...
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DAY WHERE YOU WERE MAKING A LOT -- THEY WERE MAKING A LOT OF DECISIONS ABOUT BIN LADEN AND IT
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RISES WHEN WHERE ALL THE IMPEACH
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IMPEACHMENT STUFF STARTS WITH CLINTON. YOU
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ALLOWED TO THE FACT YOU FEEL IT WAS A DISSTRAKION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THE IMPEACH IMPEACHMENT THING WAS GOING ON IN TERMS OF THE WHOLE, YOU...
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YOU RECALL THAT ABOUT TEN DAYS LATER, PRESIDENT CLINTON WENT ON NATIONAL TELEVISION TO ADMIT FOR THE FIRST TIME UNDER THE PRESSURE OF SOME GRAND JURY...
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THE MEDIA, INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, "WASHINGTON POST" AND A LOT OF OTHER MAJOR INSTITUTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY. NOBODY REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE POTENTIAL OF BIN...
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SECURITY BUREAUCRACY WHOSE JOB IT WAS TO GET UP EVERY MORNING AND WORK ON THIS PROBLEM. SO THERE WAS REALLY NOT A POLITICAL DEBATE ABOUT THE ISSUES...
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| 00:12:30 |
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ADMINISTRATION AND AL GORE
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KNEW THE POTENTIAL OF BIN LADEN AND THE AL QAEDA THREAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ALREADY BEEN EXPERIENCEING TERRORIST ACTION ON A SMALLER SCALE COMPARED TO 9/11...
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| 00:14:40 |
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TO BELIEVE THAT MUCH COULD BE
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COELECTED AND IT BE SO WRONG. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE. >> Host: THANKS. >> Guest: WELL, THAT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SUBJECT FROM...
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| 00:15:06 |
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COLLAPSE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN'S REGIME
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IN THE LAST FEW YEARS BEFORE THE AMERICAN INVASION, AND THE FACT THAT HE WAS BLUFFING HIS NEIGHBORS AND HIS OWN SCIENTISTS WERE PROBABLY BLUFFING HIM...
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| 00:16:03 |
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BUT WE'RE DAM GOOD AT WHAT WE DO AND WE CARE AS MUCH AS YOU DO ABOUT IRAQ AND WHETHER WE WERE RIGHT OR WRONG AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH IT IN A...
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| 00:16:23 |
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U.N. AS I SAID IN MY GEORGETOWN SPEECH, WE WORKED HARD AFTER 1998 TO RESUS STATE SOURCES AND THE RECORD WAS MIXED AND WE MADE JUDGMENT ON A NARROW...
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| 00:16:58 |
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PHASES. IT IS A TOUGH
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| 00:17:00 |
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BUSINESS. THE EVIDENCE IS HARD TO WORK WITH, AND YET POLICYMAKERS DEMAND CERTAINTY OR CERTAINLY PREFER IT WHERE IT'S AVAILABLE. I THINK THE BIGGEST...
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| 00:18:28 |
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OF THE MISTAKES OF AMERICAN POLICY, THIS IS MORE OF A POLICY AREA THAN A PURE INTELLIGENCE AREA, WAS FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE THE TALIBAN AS
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PART OF THE PROBLEM. BETWEEN 1998 AND 2001 TENDED TO APPROACH BIN LADEN IN ISOLATION, DIDN'T SEE HIM IN HIS CONTEXT, DIDN'T REGARD THE TALIBAN AS A...
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| 00:19:57 |
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OF UNICAL AND I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU ADDRESS THE GAS PIPELINE IN YOUR BOOK AND WHETHER YOU DELVE INTO THE QUESTION OF THE HEROIN AND POPPIES IN AFGHANISTAN?...
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AFGHANISTAN TO PAKISTAN, AND IN ORDER TO BUILD THIS PIPE LINE THEY NEEDED PEACE IN AFGHANISTAN. SO THEY BEGAN TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE TALIBAN AND TO SOME...
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| 00:21:37 |
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HIS TEACHINGS
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AND WRITINGS SAID WE SHOULD CONTROL THE WORLD, AND THE SECOND ONE IS, THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN, I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME, FIGHTING THE MUJAHADIN...
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| 00:22:17 |
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AS THE FATHER OF THE PROGRAM. OTHER PEOPLE THINK HE WAS AN IMPORTANT BUT -- IMPORTANT PART OF A MUCH BROADER ARRAY. I TEND TO THE LATTER VIEW. HE CERTAINLY...
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| 00:23:32 |
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TO DO ANYTHING IN AFGHANISTAN BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. GIVEN THAT
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FACT, ONCE WE
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GOT INTO
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THE
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AFGHANISTAN
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CONFLICT, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAD WITH GOVERNMENT HAD FALLEN. WE DID NOT HAVE A FUNDED CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND SINCE THAT PROBLEM EXISTS, THE OPENIUM...
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| 00:24:34 |
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PROJECT IN SUSTAINING A STABLE FUTURE FOR AFGHANISTAN. I THINK NOW THERE'S A GREATER RECOGNITION THAT SLOWLY PROJECT BY PROJECT, SEASON BY SEASON,...
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| 00:25:25 |
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INTERESTED IN DIRTY BOMBS, TERRORIST DOCUMENTS CONTAIN ACCURATE
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| 00:25:29 |
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VIEWS OF HOW SUCH WEAPONS WOULD BE USED. >> Host: MR. COLL, YOUR TELLING OF THE TALE. WHEN DID AL QAEDA AND LIKE-MINDED GROUPS MOVE FROM THINKING ABOUT...
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| 00:25:54 |
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THEN LIVING IN SUDAN, WALKED OUT AND HE HAD SOME MONEY PROBLEMS WITH THE GROUP AND ESSENTIALLY DEFECTED TO THE UNITED STATES. AND HE PROVIDED EXTENSIVE...
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| 00:26:08 |
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LADEN'S INNER CIRCLE AND DESCRIBED EFFORTS AT THAT TIME IN 1995-1996 BIN LADEN HAD UNDERTAKEN TO PURCHASE URANIUM AND START DISCUSSING THE POSSIBILITY...
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| 00:26:51 |
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THE FIRST BUSH, WAS DIRECTOR OF CIA WHEN -- WENT FROM DIRECTOR OF CIA
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TO VICE PRESIDENT FROM REAGAN, ONE TERM, WENT BACK TO DIRECTOR OF CIA AND BECAME PRESIDENT. NOW, IF THIS GUY, WHO'S DIRECTOR OF CIA AND LEADER OF ALL...
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| 00:27:48 |
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WAY AGAIN THIS SPRING. MY SENSE JUST FROM TALKING TO PEOPLE AROUND TOWN IS THAT THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN IT THINK THAT THEY'RE CLOSER TO GETTING HIM ...
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| 00:29:04 |
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CHILDHOOD, IS COMMUNISM. THE GREATEST MANIPULATOR ON THE FACE OF THE WORLD. AND WHY DON'T
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| 00:29:10 |
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WE INVESTIGATE THAT. ESPECIALLY IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE POLITICAL SYSTEM? COMMUNISM IS NOT DEAD, AND THEY'RE DUG IN REAL DEEP. THANK...
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MOST PART PLURALISM IS ALLOWED
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TO
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EXIST
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IN
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| 00:29:49 |
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SITUATIONS WHERE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES ARE HELD IN A WEAK POSITION. AND JUDEO-CHRISTIAN PLURALLISTIC SOCIETY ACCEPTED THAT AND HAVE A MORE EQUAL FOOTING....
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BEEN PRESENT IN THE PAST IN SOME RADICAL CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES WHICH IS THE QUESTION OF WHAT DOES A RELIGION MAKE OF A NON-BELIEVER. ONE OF THE ASPECTS...
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| 00:31:51 |
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AND INADEQUATE EDUCATION SYSTEMS AND DEMOGRAPHIC BUBBLES OF YOUNG PEOPLE BURDEN GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIES. AND THESE COUNTRIES HAVE A HIGH PROPORTION OF...
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| 00:32:35 |
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WAS THE PORE OPERATE -- PORTRAIT OF WHAT'S HAPPENED TO AL QAEDA AS AN ORGANIZATION AND THREAT SINCE SEPTEMBER 11th. FROM MY OWN SENSE OF THINGS ENDORSE...
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| 00:34:25 |
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WIDER SUNNI EXTREMIST MOVEMENT AND THE BROAD DISSEMINATION OF AL QEED'S
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| 00:34:30 |
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DESTRUCTIVE EXPERTISE, ENSURE A SERIOUS THREAT WILL REMAIN FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE WITH OR WITHOUT AL QAEDA IN THE PICTURE. >> Host: WE'RE TALKING...
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| 00:35:00 |
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ON BRIDGE, WEST VIRGINIA. >> Caller: GOOD MORNING. PLEASURE TO GET THROUGH AND TALK TO YOU BOTH. >> Host: GOOD MORNING. >> Caller: MY ISSUES ARE MAIN...
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| 00:35:23 |
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AND SEEN, WE WERE TOLD AS EARLY AS
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THE MID-'90s BY THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT
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THAT AL QAEDA WANTED TO FLY A PLANE INTO THE TRADE CENTER. THERE WERE OTHER GOVERNMENTS THAT UNCOVERED ITEMS THAT -- AND THEN THEY TOLD US AND, YOU...
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| 00:37:16 |
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HOUSE, DAN BEN JA MIN BE A -- BENJAMIN AND
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| 00:37:21 |
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STEVE SIMON WHO HAVE WRIT AN BOOK ABOUT THIS, THEY EXPRESS THEIR GREATEST DISMAY AND RETROSPECT ABOUT THE FBI. THERE WAS A LOT OF DISTANCE BETWEEN...
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| 00:38:46 |
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OFF ONE ANOTHER? >> Guest: IT'S A VERY INTERESTING [ INAUDIBLE ]. IN IN SOME WAYS THEY'RE QUITE DIFFERENT MEN IN OTHER WAYS THEY'RE SIMILAR IN THE CONTEXT...
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| 00:39:08 |
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PARTICIPANT IN A GROUP CALLED THE ISLAMIC JIHAD IN EGYPT. HE WAS IMPRISONED, BY HIS ACCOUNT TORTURED, FORCED INTO EXILE AND ENDED UP IN AFGHANISTAN....
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| 00:41:01 |
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THINK IT'S VERY DEVELOPED. IT RELIES PRIMARILY ON THE MEDIA MEDIA. NEITHER OF THESE MEN HAS SPENT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF TIME IN THE UNITED STATES. IT...
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| 00:41:21 |
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SAME TIME THEY'RE RELATIVELY SOPHISTICATED MEN IN THE SENSE THEY CONSUME A LOT OF MEDIA AND THEIR UNDERSTANNING OF THE UNITED STATES I THINK IS MOSTLY...
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| 00:42:18 |
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ON THE NEWS PROGRAM THAT BELIEVE BECAUSE WE
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| 00:42:20 |
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HAVEN'T FOUND THE WMD YET, THAT THEY WERE NOT THERE. I WATCHED THE DCI BROADCAST YESTERDAY, AND MR. TENET SAID THERE ARE 14,000 BOXES OF ADDITIONAL...
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| 00:43:46 |
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OF THE CIA IN THIS MATTER, THEY EXPECTED TO FIND MORE THAN THEY FOUND EITHER IN TERMS OF PEOPLE, TESTIMONY, INFRASTRUCTURE, REMNANTS OF PROGRAMS, DOESN'T...
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| 00:44:27 |
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ITS MULTIKRURLISMS,
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| 00:44:29 |
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THAT ARE SO PREVALENT IN AMERICA AND IN CANADA. THAT IS ACTUALLY, IN FACT, THE GREATER THREAT. WE COULD TAKE CARE OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM IN VERY SHORT...
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| 00:45:04 |
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COMPLICATED ONE. THE
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| 00:45:06 |
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PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT DID ESSENTIALLY CREATE AND SUPPORT THE TALIBAN FROM SHORTLY
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| 00:45:11 |
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AFTER ITS BIRTH UNTIL THE PERIOD IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SEPTEMBER 11th WHEN IT WAS SEEKING CONTROL OVER THE ENTIRETY OF
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| 00:45:19 |
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AFGHANISTAN. AND YOU MIGHT THINK FROM THIS DISTANCE THAT IT'S A MYSTERY, WHY WOULD THE PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT, WHICH AFTER ALL IS RUN BY GENERALS WHO HAVE...
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| 00:47:15 |
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THREATS. WHY WAS NO SECURITY ALERTED? THIS
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| 00:47:20 |
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IS ALMOST LIKE PREVIOUS FAILURES, LIKE [ INAUDIBLE ] COLE NOBODY RESPONSIBLE OR BEIRUT WHERE THE MARINES WERE KILLED. THEY HAD WARNINGS. WHY DIDN'T...
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| 00:47:58 |
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AND IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY
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| 00:48:00 |
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COUNCIL, THE CLINTON'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR, SANDY BERGER AND HIS CHIEF COUNTERTERRORISM AIDE, RICHARD CLARK, ORGANIZED FOR THE INCOMING BUSH TEAM...
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| 00:49:19 |
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US UNDER NATIONAL
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SECURITY FOR 40 PLUS, 50 YEARS. WITH LOOKING AT WACO, JFK, THESE OTHER ASSASSINATIONS AND THINGS THAT ARE UNEXPLAINED, INFORMATION STILL NOT THERE UNDER...
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| 00:50:14 |
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SOCIETY? HOW DO YOU HOLD IT ACCOUNTABLE? HOW DO YOU
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| 00:50:17 |
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NOT PARALYZE IT THROUGH ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND ENSURE THAT OVERSIGHT IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN A RESPONSIBLE AND DEMOCRATIC AND TRANSPARENT...
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| 00:51:26 |
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WAS THE MOST CHARACTER RIS MATIC, MOST EFFECTIVE GUERRILLA LEADER ON THE GROUND IN AFGHANISTAN. HE HAS A LONG HISTORY. THE PART THAT'S MOST RELEVANT...
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| 00:51:47 |
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A STRUGGLE, A DAILY WAR WITH BIN LADEN'S TROOPS, CHECHEN VOLUNTEERS, PAKISTANI VOLUNTEERS AND TALIBAN. MASSOUD IS A COMPLICATED FIGURE, BUT ESSENTIALLY...
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| 00:53:56 |
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OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES
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OF THE KNIGHT AND THE FBI INSIDE THE UNITED STATES? WE SEE THEM INTERMARRY HERE. I'LL LISTEN TO YOUR COMMENTS. >> Guest: TO TAKE THE QUESTION ABOUT THE...
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| 00:54:27 |
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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE CAN REALLY BE RESPONSIBILITY FOR. -- RESPONSIBLE FOR. ONE IS MANAGING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CIA AND THE...
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| 00:55:50 |
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ME WERE GUARDING OIL, THE OIL RIGS I GUESS YOU
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| 00:55:54 |
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WOULD CALL IT AND I JUST DON'T GET HOW AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN'T DRAW A CONCLUSION THAT I MEAN YOU SAW CONDOLEEZZA RICE WITH CHEVRON AND DICK CHENEY WITH...
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| 00:56:33 |
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THE ATROCITYIES THEY DID. THE TALIBAN ALSO DID THE SAME THING. SO
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| 00:56:38 |
Caller, -
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Host, -
THEY HAD THE FASHION WAR. BUT THE THING IS, IS I WOULD
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| 00:56:44 |
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LIKE TO SAY, DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE BUSH ERA WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH CHINA WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE PLANE, THE SPY PLANE, WAS OUT AND THAT TOOK UP SOME ...
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| 00:57:26 |
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THAT IT'S FAIR TO SAY IN RET TRO SPECTS
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| 00:57:30 |
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THE TALIBAN'S TOTALITARIAN VISION AND ITS VIOLENCE AND ITS APPETITE FOR POWER WAS FAR MORE AGREE YUS THAN THE VIOLATIONS CARRIED OUT BY MASSOUD'S PARTNERS....
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| 00:58:15 |
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IT, HOW DOES THIS EVER COME TO RESOLUTION BETWEEN THE -- THIS PART OF THE WORLD AND THE WEST? >> Guest: WELL, IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION AND AS...
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| 00:58:43 |
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I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY FORWARD WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, TO SORT OF PAINSTAKINGLY BACK IT UP FROM THERE. ONE REGION AT A TIME. AND IT'S OFTEN GOING...
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