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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. In late 1999, which authorities broke up a cell with ties to al-Qaeda that was planning to attack a hotel in downtown Amman, Jordan, and several Christian holy sites?

2. What is EMPTA?

3. The CIA's Bin Laden unit knew that attacking Bin Laden's sources of __________ was an important component of the effort against al-Qaeda.

4. Who was the Taliban's most important and most capable enemy?

5. Where did NORAD assumed that hijacked airline terrorist threats would originate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is considered the mastermind of 9/11/01 and when did he start calling for attacks against America?

2. What was the confusion around American Airlines Flight 77?

3. What is the USA PATRIOT Act? When was it created?

4. As the year 2000 approached, what were the U.S. citizens concerned with?

5. What is the U.S. VISIT?

6. How did the State Department plan to end the Afghan Civil War?

7. What happened in 1996 at two different U.S. embassies in Africa?

8. What is NCTC? What problems would this agency solve?

9. Why did President Clinton visit Pakistan on March 25, 2000? What did President Clinton want from the Pakistani President?

10. What were the three basic functions of the OEM?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe in detail the arrest of Ahmed Ressam in the late 1999. What information was learned through his arrest? Was this information valuable to understanding the 9/11 attacks?

Essay Topic 2

How has the internet and the World Wide Web helped terrorists execute terrorist plots? How has the internet helped U.S. agencies keep track of such terrorist plots?

Essay Topic 3

The Commission states that they do not know for certain why Hazmi and Mihdhar came to California, why do you suppose they chose California? What could California supply Hazmi and Mihdhar with that another U.S. state could not?

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