Peter Bergen
Peter Bergen
Peter Bergenis an American journalist, author, documentary producer, professor, think tank executive and CNN's national security analyst. Bergen has written or edited seven books: Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden, The Osama bin Laden I Know, The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and al-Qaeda, Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden From 9/11 to Abbottabad, Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion, Drone Wars: Transforming Conflict, Law, and Policy, and United...
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We can talk about the money, but what does the money really mean? We're dealing with someone who has the ability to convince people to be martyrs.
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I've interviewed multiple people who know bin Laden... who tend to have a universal picture of what he's like, which is: modest, retiring, unassuming, kind of thoughtful - lots of things that don't fit with a mass murderer, which he is as well.
drawing people als
At one point people in al Qaeda were actually drawing monthly paychecks when they were based in Sudan.
people important
Often it is important to listen to what people aren't saying.
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In Islamist jurisprudence you warn enemies before you attack them. It is typical behavior.
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The purported will states, 'Attack them on the sea. Attack them on the land. Attack them everywhere. Attack their economy,'
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Even by the standards of 1970s Saudi Arabia, it was a little unusual.
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There's overwhelming evidence bin Laden was behind the attacks of September 11. If the family chooses not to believe that, that's just how families operate.
oil paying price
We're paying some kind of 'fear premium' for the price of oil right now.
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At night, temperatures here fall below the freezing point.
This is not rhetoric. This is for real.
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After all, the chain of custody of these tapes is the one way to find bin Laden. He obviously feels secure enough that he can release a number of these tapes.
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The most obvious meaning of the tape is that bin Laden is still alive.
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Saddam Hussein was put on notice that he can't do those type of things.