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Jul 28, 2011 peter bergen how bin laden s death has affected alqaida cnns national security analyst peter bergen just returned from pakistan, where he visited the town where osama bin laden was killed. Bergen came away from that meeting struck by bin laden s raw hatred for the united states. Peter bergen discusses the life of osama bin laden the. Holy war, inc inside the secret world of osama bin laden by. Peter bergen is cnn s national security analyst, a vice president at the new america foundation and the author of manhunt. Peter bergen is one of americas foremost national security experts. Bergen once interviewed bin laden in a mud hut in afghanistan, and will answer questions about bin laden, including the book bergen wrote about him, and how the world has changed since his death. He produced the first television interview with osama bin laden in 1997. Bergen s latest, and fourth, book about bin laden and al qaeda. Required reading for anyone seeking to understand him.
Bergen talked about his book holy war, inc inside the secret world of osama bin laden, published by free press. Jan 11, 2006 peter bergen s latest book, the osama bin laden i know, is a compilation of interviews with family, friends, al qaeda members and journalists who have come in contact with him. The ten year search for bin laden, from 911 to abbottabad. Bergen has held teaching positions at harvard and at johns hopkins university and is a graduate of oxford. The gripping account of the decadelong hunt for the worlds most wanted man. The book became a new york times bestseller and the essential portrait of the most formidable.
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