Tucker Carlson: “By 1996, Al Qaeda had emerged as the single clearest threat…”

“In 1993 a Pakistani national called Ramzi Yousef bombed the World Trade center in lower Manhattan. The key question now was this a one off attack or the start of a campaign of bombing? By 1996, Al Qaeda had emerged as the single clearest threat to the United States. In response to that threat, the CIA created something called ALEC Station, otherwise known as the Bin Laden unit which Mike Shawyer ran.” (06:51–06:57)

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