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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. A 1998 memorandum of notification signed by whom authorized CIA agents to use lethal force to capture bin Laden?

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

3. Prince Turki advised whom to ensure the Taliban understood bin Laden must be expelled to keep good relations?

4. In 1996, the CIA was attempting to recover Stinger missiles but encountered what problem with the Taliban?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was George J. Tenet in various ways an unlikely candidate capable of repairing the breach between the CIA and Clinton?

2. What was part of the problem when Bush came into office in 2001?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How had the U.S. intelligence arms switched their focus by 1998?

9. How did John Deutch become the CIA chief?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the methods and means employed by this CIA to disrupt, capture, and kill Osama bin Laden subsequent to his return to Afghanistan in the late 1990s?

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

What prompted Arab men to follow Cofer Black toward the end of his tour in Khartoum? What was the outcome?

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