Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zvinyorwa zveSangano zvinoratidza kuti zvinotendwa kuti Osama bin Laden akanga achitsigira vapanduki veAfghanistan kurwisa USSR muma1980. Muna 1991, bin Laden akadzokera kumusha kwake kuSaudi 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 aizowanwa gare gare kuva munyengeri, CIA yakavhara nzvimbo yayo yeSudan gare gare gore iroro. Muna 1998, bin Laden aizozivisa hondo kuAmerica, uye, pana August 7, aizorova muTanzania neNairobi. Musi waOctober 12, 2000, Al Qaeda
rakaputira bhomba USS "Cole". Mumazuva okutanga ehurumende yaGeorge W. Bush, tyisidziro dzeAl Qaeda dzakanga dziripo pose pose mumisangano yezuva nezuva yapurezidhendi yeCIA, asi ingave yakava nhau yokuchema. Kufanotaura kwakaita sangano racho kwakanga kwakaipa asi kwakanga kusina basa, uye pfungwa dzomutungamiriri wenyika nevadzidzisi vake vezvokururamisa dzakanga dziri pane zvimwewo. CIA yakaronga kusungwa kwenhengo dzinofungidzirwa 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". US 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 chakaipa chokuponda, uye mukana wakakwana wakanga usati wambovapo nokuda kweDCI uyo ungadai wakamupa 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.