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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. Massoud had gained strength in new arms deals and felt that the Taliban had weakened as he rebuilt what?

2. How did those at Langley react when a Taliban Mig was monitored as it headed straight toward a Predator drone?

3. Shortly into 2000, the Counterterrorist Center picked up information that bin Laden had arrived in what location?

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

5. How many casualties resulted in these two U.S. embassy attacks in Africa?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. By early 1999, what was Tenet's view about the possibility bin Laden might again attack America?

3. How was Clinton's visit to Pakistan among the strangest that presidential history has to offer?

4. How did Prince Turki view the threat bin Laden posed?

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

6. What position did U.S. government Afghan specialist Zalmay Khalilzad take shortly following the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban?

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

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

9. How was bin Laden described as having viewed himself in Chapter 21?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the Taliban begin in 1994 and evolve?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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