“…although the April 2006 National Intelligence Estimate assessed that ‘the global jihadist movement is decentralized, lacks a coherent strategy, and is becoming more diffuse,’ the July [17] 2007 National Intelligence Estimate took a very different view, concluding that al Qaeda ‘has protected or regenerated key elements of its Homeland attack capability.’ ”
– Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Bin Laden’s Legacy, Page 141