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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombers belong to al-Qaeda sleeper cells in Africa, and all were trained where?

2. In addition to the Zawhar Kili camp, the U.S. used missiles where?

3. When Massoud was cornered in northern Afghanistan, what was the result of his requests for aid?

4. Sudan was told the Khartoum embassy would close given their terrorist support, but what was one step it could take?

5. Tenet was frustrated by what attention the Clinton Cabinet provided the al Qaeda threat?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Taliban take their final major prize taken in northern Afghanistan?

2. What was the view of CIA staff members regarding Cofer Black's enthusiastic view for armed Predator drones?

3. What support did CIA field operatives reportedly seek from the White House team of Richard Clarke?

4. What MiG fighter jet intercept mission of a CIA Predator drone was described in Chapter 29?

5. Why were Clarke and his counter-terrorism group at the White House frustrated by late spring in 2000?

6. How did John Deutch become the CIA chief?

7. Why was autumn in 1999 rough for managers at the Counterterrorist Center who were reporting possible terrorist threats?

8. How had persistent Feminist Majority lobbying in opposition to the Taliban influenced the two most significant women in Clinton's administration?

9. What took place in the Oval Office meeting on 2 December 1998 in the early afternoon?

10. Why was Nawaz Sharif in fear of his army?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the "hermetic culture" the FBI had become infamous for by the beginning 1990s? What problems did it cause?

Essay Topic 2

What was the Hekmatyar-Tanai coup attempt? Does the evidence indicate bin Laden's involvement was as a semi-official Saudi intelligence liaison or an independent?

Essay Topic 3

Why did the Saudis view Abdurrab Rasul Sayyaf as the most important rebel during the war with the Soviets?

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