What we apparently know about the Al Qaeda terrorist network is astounding. In reading the report travel and financing were the two bi activities that supported the organization and the terrorist plots. Financing was arranged by a web of mostly Saudi rich people who gave directly to Al Qaeda or to charities that either were front organizations or who employed people who were sympathetic to jihad and Al Qaeda and siphoned funds out of the charities to Bin Laden's group.
I'm sure we have made it much more difficult to fund Al Qaeda as it was done in the past. By pressuring Al Qaeda financially and via intense travel security, I'm sure we have made a big dent in their operation.
The interrogation of these terrorists has revealed many details. I think I prefer not to know how the interrogation is conducted. The U.S. has not revealed where key Al Qaeda operatives are interrogated ( I'm sure it's not Guantanamo) or the methods used. We need the information they have and how we get it may require extraordinary measures.
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