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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. Uzbekistan, which is bordered to the south by Afghanistan, was ruled by which individual in 1999?

2. By early 1999, Tenet was certain that bin Laden would be capable of striking the U.S. at what point?

3. After the USS Cole attack, what was Bush's response when asked if terrorist-hosting nations should be subject to retaliation?

4. Government lawyers debated for months under what circumstances lethal force was legal and when it constituted what?

5. When Bush becomes the President, what was one of the initial changes made at the CIA?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the "bin Laden Issue Station" evolve?

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

4. How did John Deutch become the CIA chief?

5. How was the Afghan war changing by 1999?

6. How was Unocal introduced?

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

8. What plan was agreed to between Pakistani intelligence director Naseem Rana and CIA station chief Schroen regarding the capture of Mir Amal Kasi?

9. Why was it the CIA's working idea to attempt to keep bin Laden outside "KKJ"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was noteworthy about the use of Predator reconnaissance drones?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Pakistan become a far different setting in which to conduct covert action subsequent to the anti-Soviet jihad?

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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