(to Clark) Give us the Cliff Notes, Lieutenant. What do we know about the organization?
CLARK:
As far as we can tell, bin Laden himself only used the term al-Qaida after September 11th, when he heard us calling it that.
SENATOR:
I don’t like where this is going.
CLARK:
It’s all here, Senator. She passes a file to the Senator.
He ignores it.
SENATOR:
I’m sure it is.
CLARK:
There’s a growing body of evidence that suggests Bin Laden expanded his idea of a global terrorist network after our response to the 9-11 bombings. It seems we might have inadvertently invented the enemy.
SENATOR:
(to the general) Whose damn side is she on?
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