Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1991, Bin Laden akadzokera kunyika yokumusha kwake yeSaudi Arabia achipikisa kuvapo kwemauto, uye Operation Desert Storm. Akadzingwa munyika. Muna 1996 CIA yakaumba boka rokutsvaka Bin Laden. Vakanga vari kuchinjana mashoko navaSudanes kutozosvikira, pamashoko omunhu akawanwa gare gare kuva munyengeri, CIA yakavhara nzvimbo yayo yeSudan gare gare gore iroro. Muna 1998 Bin Laden akazivisa hondo kuAmerica, uye, musi waAugust 7,
rakarova Tanzania neNairobi. Musi waOctober 12, 2000, Al Qaeda yakabhomba Muna 1947 apo CIA yakavambwa, kwakanga kune vamiririri 200 muClandestine Service. Muna 2001, pavashandi 17 000 veCIA, 1 000 vaiva muClandestine Service. Pavanhu 1 000 ivavo, vashomanana chete ndivo vakagamuchira basa rokunetseka. Mumazuva okutanga okutonga kwaGeorge W. Bush, kutyisidzira kweAl Qaeda kwakanga kuri kwose kwose mumisangano yezuva nezuva yeCIA, asi kungava kwakava nyaya yomukomana anochema kuti imbwa. Kufanotaura kwesangano kwakanga kwakaipa, asi kwakanga kusina simba, uye kutarisisa kwaPurezidhendi, uye vashandi vake vokudzivirira kwakanga kuri kune imwe nzvimbo. CIA yakaronga kusungwa kwenhengo dzinosungirwa dzeAl Qaeda kuburikidza nekubatana nemasangano ekunze, asi CIA haina kukwanisa kutaura zvakajeka kuti kusungwa uku kwakaguma nei, uye haina kukwanisa kuwana ruzivo rwakasimba kubva kune vakabatwa. Mutungamiri akanga abvunza CIA kana Al Qaeda yaigona kuronga kudenha muU.S. Musi waAugust 6, Bush akagamuchira mashoko ezuva nezuva aiva nomusoro mukuru waiti, kwete wakavakirwa pazvinhu zvitsva, zvakavimbika, "Al Qaeda yakatsunga kurwisa mukati meU.S". United States yakanga yava kuvhima Bin Laden kubvira muna 1996 uye yakanga yava nemikana inoverengeka, asi kana Clinton kana Bush vakanga vasingadi kuisa pangozi kutora rutivi runoshanda muchirongwa chokuponda chisina kujeka, uye mukana wakakwana wakanga usati wambovapo nokuda kwomutsoropodzi anonyara uyo angadai akamupa vimbiso dzaaida kuti atore danho racho. Zuva iroro, Richard A. Clarke akatumira chiziviso kuNational Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice pamusoro pengozi, uye achishora kusaita basa kweCIA.