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Lawfare Archive: Bruce Riedel on Al Qaeda's Many Faces
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From August 5, 2012: Ritika Singh sat down with Bruce Riedel , one of the country’s leading experts on Al Qaeda. Riedel’s long and impressive career speaks for itself. A 30-year veteran of the CIA, a senior advisor on South Asia and the Middle East to the last four presidents of the United States in the staff of the National Security Council, and an expert advisor to the prosecution of underwear bomber Omar Farooq Abdulmutallab, he is also the author of Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America, and the Future of the Global Jihad and The Search for Al Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology, and Future , among much else. The discussion ranged from the state of Al Qaeda today, to the posture of the Taliban…