...top-level meeting on the subject. Clarke's memo began, "As we noted in our briefings for you, al Qtda is not some narrow, little terrorist issue that needs to be included in broader regional policy. Rather, several of our regional policies need to address centrally the transnational challenge to the...

...seemed to discount the threat from a terrorist group that didn't have a state sponsor. "Al Qida is not some narrow, little terrorist issue that needs to be included in broader regional policy," Richard Clarke had warned in January 2001, fearing that the new administration might adopt the thinking...

...on the al Qida network. Just some Terrorist group? Aa we noted in our briefings for you. al ffida is not some narrow, little terrorist issue that needs to be included in broader regional policy. Rather, several of our regional policies need to address centrally the transnational challenge to the...

...network." Clarke began by reminding Rice — "as we noted in our briefings to you" — "al Qida (sic) is not some narrow, little terrorist issue that needs to be included in broader regional policy."18 Clarke urged the principals to ask and answer a critical question, "Do the principals agree...