Cika wannan jumla: A matsayin martani ga wani 1996 Ma'aikatar harkokin wajen gargadi game da bin Laden da kuma
1998 hare-haren bam na ofisoshin jakadancin Amurka a Gabashin Afirka da al-Qaeda (wanda ya kashe mutane 224, ciki har da Amurkawa 12), Clinton ta ba da umarnin ayyukan soja da yawa don kama ko kashe bin Laden, wanda duk ba su yi nasara ba. A watan Agustan 1998, Clinton ta ba da umarnin kai hare-haren makamai masu linzami a kan 'yan ta'adda a Afghanistan da Sudan, da nufin masana'antar magunguna ta Al-Shifa a Sudan, wanda ake zargi da taimaka wa bin Laden wajen kera makamai masu guba, da sansanonin horar da' yan ta'adda na bin Laden a Afghanistan.