The rise of Bin Laden and al Qaeda (1988-1992) -- 2.4. Building an organization, declaring war on the United States (1992-1996) -- 2.5. Al Qaeda's renewal in Afghanistan (1996-1998) -- 3. Counterterrorism evolves -- 3.1. From the old terrorism to the new : the first World Trade Center bombing -- 3.2., Background information is provided on the evolution of al Qaeda and its leader Osama Bin Ladin, with attention to its reasons for declaring war on the United States, the building of its organization, its appeal in the Islamic world, and the evolution of its tactics., Failures to thwart 9/11 highlight agencies' inability to adapt to new problems. CIA effectiveness was limited by use of intermediaries to pursue Osama bin Laden. Information and analysis wasn't, al-Qaeda, broad-based militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s and became one of the world’s most notorious terrorist organizations after carrying out the attacks of September 11, 2001., After the August 1998 bombings of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, President Bill Clinton and his chief aides explored ways of getting Bin Ladin expelled from Afghanistan or possibly capturing or even killing him., Washington, D.C., June 19, 2012 – The National Security Archive today is posting over 100 recently released CIA documents relating to September 11, Osama bin Laden, and U.S. counterterrorism operations..