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Byron Dorgan: “Al-Qaida is and will remain the most serious terrorist threat to the homeland. We assess the group has protected or…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2007
Al-Qaida is and will remain the most serious terrorist threat to the homeland. We assess the group has protected or regenerated key elements of its homeland attack capability, including: a safe haven in the Pakistan federally administered tribal areas, operational lieutenants, and its top leadership. Here is what it says. It says the greatest terrorist threat to our homeland is al-Qaida and its leadership, who even now are plotting attacks against our country and who have a safe haven in the Pakistan region.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the National Intelligence Estimate on the threat of al-Qaida during a Senate floor speech.

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