CIA Threat Assessment: al-Qaeda #1

CIA Chief: Iraq Not Main Front, (Washington Post)…Walter Pincus, Nov 14, 2008.
CIA Director Michael V. Hayden said yesterday that al-Qaeda remains the single greatest threat to the United States but that Iraq is no longer the central front in the broader war on terrorism.

C.I.A. Chief Says Qaeda Is Extending Its Reach, (New York Times)…Mark Mazzetti, Nov 14, 2008.
Even as Al Qaeda strengthens its hub in the Pakistani mountains, its leaders are building closer ties to regional militant groups in order to launch attacks in Africa and Europe and on the Arabian Peninsula, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency said Thursday.