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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does O'Neill get Aum's contact information?
(a) The Japanese mob in New York.
(b) The phone book.
(c) FBI is able to trace the agent to the seller and thus to a buyer.
(d) CIA had information on them.

2. What happens on August 7, 1998?
(a) TWA 800 flight explodes.
(b) Marine barracks bombed in Lebanon.
(c) U.S. embassies bombed in Tanzania and Kenya.
(d) Clinton's interrogation over his personal scandal.

3. What does Clarke work on with Arms Control Director Ron Lehmen to verify "innocent' chemical plants?
(a) A Chemical Weapons Convention Treaty.
(b) A Nuclear Power Inspection Committee.
(c) An Alternative Energy Pact.
(d) A Weapons of Mass Destruction Protocol.

4. Why does Tony Lake deny the Pentagon's plans in fighting al Qaeda?
(a) It is too upfront and not stealthy enough.
(b) He prefers the CIA's plans.
(c) The Pentagon is not willing to put enough men for a successful mission.
(d) Lake is not willing to use action just yet.

5. What approval does Clarke ask for from Madeleine Albright?
(a) More manpower to find terrorists' funding.
(b) To bomb Afgahnistan.
(c) Run an interagency process to protect U.S. embassies.
(d) Approval to publicly threaten Taliban and bin Laden.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Principals agree to examine what policy?

2. What does Clarke request from Rice?

3. Who vetoes the snatch against Usama bin Laden in 96-97?

4. How does Watson get FBI supervisors to participate in looking for al Qaeda cells?

5. What is Sandy Berger's advice to Clarke to get varying departments concerned about chemical/biological weapons prevention and response?

Short Essay Questions

1. List in detail the concerns Clarke has in protecting the troops during the first Iraq War against "special" weapons.

2. What are the major problems that prevent reasoning with the Taliban?

3. What is the transition from Clinton's administration to George W. Bush's administration like for Clarke and those working in counter-terrorism? How is this transition received by Clarke and others in counter-terrorism?

4. What rejuvenates Intelligence agencies in rethinking al Qaeda? How is this achieved?

5. How is Clarke able to get funds for embassy hardening? What stops him and who helps him?

6. What are the results of al Qaeda's first act of war against the U.S. since their issued fatwa? How does it affect more than just U.S. citizens?

7. What are the obstacles in planning a snatch for Abu Hafs al-Muratani, an associate of bin Laden, in Khartoum?

8. What Millennium attack plans are foiled and how are they foiled?

9. What kind of relationship does bin Laden have with Turabi from Sudan? What projects do they work on together? What is their common goal?

10. Compare and contrast "drug czar" with the new "terrorism czar."

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