At one point people in al Qaeda were actually drawing monthly paychecks when they were based in Sudan. Peter L. Bergen basedrawmonthly Change image and share on social
Bin Laden was 200 miles away from the area where all of these drone strikes were taking out his key leaders, he was able to indulge in his hobbies... and he was making occasional video tapes and audio tapes to the wider world. Peter L. Bergen areaaudiobin share on social
Islam is, to be sure, a big tent, and the one and a half billion Muslims in the world run the gamut from mystical, moderate, pacific Sufis to Salafists. Peter L. Bergen bigbilliongamut Change image and share on social
Occasionally, Donald Trump says something that is politically incorrect but which also happens to be true. Peter L. Bergen donaldincorrectoccasionally Change image and share on social
Bin Laden's death is just a punctuation point on a set of problems they've had for a long time. I think the prognosis for al-Qaida and groups like it is really bad, and that's a good thing. Peter L. Bergen badbindeath Change image and share on social
The image we have of bin Laden in his final years in Abbottabad is of an aging man with a graying beard watching old footage of himself; just another suburban dad flipping though the channels with his remote. Peter L. Bergen abbottabadagingbeard share on social
