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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One meeting does not make a conspiracy. Saddam Hussein does not engage in these types of acts.
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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.
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Saddam Hussein was put on notice that he can't do those type of things.
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At night, temperatures here fall below the freezing point.
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That was a direct correlation. Most of the time there is no correlation.
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Given the impact that Bin Laden has had on the recent history of the world, there is surprisingly a good deal that remains mysterious about him.
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We're paying some kind of 'fear premium' for the price of oil right now.
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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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It's extraordinary that the chain of custody of these tapes has not been traced back. After all, they're releasing these tapes very frequently, on average once every six weeks, yet it seems that American intelligence agencies or other intelligence agencies are not capable of tracing back the source of these tapes.
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It indicates to me a certain degree of security, ... Live Today.
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Where else in the world is a government helping the civilians they harm in conflict? Marla was very proud of this fact,
This is not rhetoric. This is for real.