article_snippet: The 9/11 mastermind had declared war on America and planned a media campaign to garner international attention.
article_snippet: On message: The 9/11 mastermind had, by this point, declared war on America and tried to use international press coverage to spread the word .
article_snippet: It included Osama Bin Laden first television interview for CNN's Peter Arnett and Peter Bergen in 1997 and a sit-down for ABC News' John Miller a year later. '
article_snippet: Osama Bin Laden wanted media exposure,' Atwan told CNN's Peter Bergen for Osama Bin Laden 2006 book, The Osama Bin Laden
article_snippet: Bin Laden wanted the media coverage to project Bin Laden status as an international terrorist leader .