Peter L. Bergen

And in the end, bin Laden died in a squalid suburban compound surrounded by his wives and children and far from the front lines of his holy war. ↗

— Peter L. Bergen

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At one point people in al Qaeda were actually drawing monthly paychecks when they were based in Sudan. ↗

— Peter L. Bergen

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Bin Laden comes out of a business background - he studied public administration and economics at university, and he worked for his family company, which was obviously a rather successful enterprise. ↗

— Peter L. Bergen

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Bin Laden's death is just a punctuation point on a set of problems they've had for a long time. I think the prognosis for al-Qaida and groups like it is really bad, and that's a good thing. ↗

— Peter L. Bergen

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I am very suspicious of the notion that somehow bin Laden was a media creation... Bin Laden's actions made him into a big deal. Not the media. ↗

— Peter L. Bergen

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Often it is important to listen to what people aren't saying. ↗

— Peter L. Bergen

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So Pakistan is a country that I'm very fond of and have spent a lot of time, but it is a country where conspiracy theories have a life of their own. ↗

— Peter L. Bergen

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We climbed the stairs to the third floor, where Osama bin Laden died early in the morning of May 2, 2011. ↗

— Peter L. Bergen

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