Osama Bin Laden: a Case Study

This study prepared by Sandia National Laboratories provided an open-source examination of the threat posed by Osama bin Laden, his al Qaeda organiation, and allied terrorist organizations. It includes a summary of the relevant history, the lessons learned from the 1998 African embassy bombings and from the follow-on cruise-missiel strikes, the threat of future attacks using weapons of mass destruction, and a set of observations, conclusions, and recommendations.