The day of the attack of the USS Cole
September 4
September 11
September 5
On the day of the Principals Meeting
Sometime in September
On what date did Clarke send Rice a note criticizing U.S. counter-terrorism efforts?
The Taliban
Rice
Decision makers
The principals
Al Qaeda
Bill Clinton
Interviewers
The Captain of the USS Cole
The real question' is 'is al Qida a big deal'. Who did Clarke expect to answer this?
Rice
President Clinton
No one
The Principals
Al Qaeda
Clarke
Who said that the USS Cole was attacked during the Clinton administration?
Have a meeting of the Principals Committee and contact the Captain of the USS Cole for advice
Decision makers should imagine themselves on a future day
Imagine themselves on a future day and answer the question re we serious about dealing with the al Qida [sic] threat
Imagine themselves in a future terrorist attack and ask themselves what they could have done earlier
Disband the CSG and have a meeting of the Principals Committee
Decide
Don't retaliate for the Cole
Assess the threats of Al qida
Make decisions earlier
What two things did Clarke urge decision makers to do because the future could happen at any time?
Counterterrorism
The Taliban
Rice
U.S. counterterrorism
The USS Cole
Past U.S counterterrorism efforts
Al Qaeda
U.S. counterterrorism efforts past and present
The Principals Committee
Who did Clarke criticized when he sent Rice an impassioned personal note?
Al Qida
US
Terrorist threats to the US
The severity of the Al qida threat
Rice
U.S. counterterrorism efforts
Attack on the USS Cole
US Committee
Clarke
What was the main subject of the Principal Committee's meeting?
Rice
No one
Al Qaeda
The Clinton Administration
Clarke
Who states that "The Taliban may have drawn the wrong lesson from the Cole"?
Principals
The committee
The Taliban
Al Quida
The Captain of the USS Cole
Clarke
The Principals Committee
When Clarke sent Rice the note, who was having a meeting?
Rice
President Clinton
President Bush
The Principals
Al Qaeda
Clarke
Cole
On September 4, who criticized U.S. counterterrorism efforts?
The Principals Committee had its first meeting on al Qaeda on September 4. On the day of the meeting, Clarke sent Rice an impassioned personal note. He criticized U.S. counterterrorism efforts past and present. The "real question" before the principals, he wrote, was "are we serious about dealing with the al Qida threat? Is al Qida a big deal? Decision makers should imagine themselves on a future day when the CSG has not succeeded in stopping al Qida attacks and hundreds of Americans lay dead in several countries, including the US," Clarke wrote. "What would those decision makers wish that they had done earlier? That future day could happen at any time." Clarke then turned to the Cole." The fact that the USS Cole was attacked during the last Administration does not absolve us of responding for the attack," he wrote. "Many in al Qida and the Taliban may have drawn the wrong lesson from the Cole: that they can kill Americans without there being a US response, without there being a price." 