Al-Qaeda has a kind of loose, almost entrepreneurial structure with lots of cells in various countries that are semi-independent.

The fact is that in a way, journalists become a kind of default in the system when you don't have substantive two-party back-and-forth inside of the government.

[Al-Qaeda's supporters] are aware of the cracks in the Western financial system as they are aware of the lines in their own hands

Al Qaeda is closely aligned with the Chechens.

There's no connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq.

The blame for the 9/11 attacks lays squarely and exclusively with the Al-Qaeda network.