Summary

The Senate Foreign Relations International Operations and Terrorism Subcommittee held a hearing on the influence and reach of the Al Qaeda terrorist organization.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 271351
Story Slug AL QAEDA HEARING (2001)
Location WASHINGTON, DC
Format TVD
Date 12/18/2001
Archive Time 13:46
TRT 2:15
Supers 1) JT Caruso / Counter terrorism Division, FBI 2) Thomas Wilshire / International Operations Section, FBI 3) Senator Barbara Boxer / D-CA
Video Description Speakers at mic w/ cuts
Description The Senate Foreign Relations International Operations and Terrorism Subcommittee held a hearing on the influence and reach of the Al Qaeda terrorist organization.
Script (SUGGESTED TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO) 00:00 and have the patience to wait to conduct the attack at the right time. In conclusion, let me state that is too early to tell from a law enforcement perspective, how the current military campaign in Afghanistan will affect al Qaeda. And its ability to operate in the future. Determination and vigilance will remain the keys to any success. It is the one it is one thing to disrupt an organization such as Al Qaeda, it is another to dismantle and destroy it. This must truly remain an international effort. And all agencies within the US government must remain vigilant and must continue to work together in order to eradicate the scourge to all mankind everywhere known as Al Qaeda. Thank you, 00:48 Mr. Crew so that perhaps, I don't know, perhaps five years ago, had been lost and left the picture. Things might have evolved differently. But in my view, what's happened is the capabilities and reach of the organization reached critical mass. They had a long head start they built. So the campaign against the safe haven in Afghanistan is to my mind, as important, if not more important than a search for Bin Laden is talk to leaders because of the capability that those safe havens are presented, that I've seen an estimate that somewhere between 70 and 80, which is what 01:22 we believe the US campaign against them has been extremely successful, and Americans should be very proud. with bin Laden and his lieutenants on the run. I think it is important to look at the next steps in the campaign against al Qaeda. At today's hearing, we'll be examining the following one, the of obtain materials useful in creating weapons of mass destruction. And three, what can be done to build on the success of US policies in fighting al Qaeda terrorists, and those that support them? Dang, Assistant Director of the FBI is counterterrorism division, and Mr. Thomas will share the deputy chief of the FBI is internationalists today. Understand what this enemy looks like, how deep the reaches and that will help us
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Keywords

Terrorism
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