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New information discovered in Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan suggests that the United States has been vastly overstating al Qaeda's power for a full decade. The group appears to have spent more time dodging drone strikes and complaining about money than trying to get an atomic bomb.

* Released May 2008 * Running time: 270 minutes * Description: 9/11 and Al Qaeda, Afghanistan and Iraq, WMD and the Insurgency, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Fallujah and the Surge. For six years, FRONTLINE has been revealing those stories in meticulous detail and the political dramas played out at the highest levels. Now, on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, the full saga will unfold in this special definitive documentary analysis of one of the most challenging periods in the nation's history. 270 minutes on one disc. (Description from web site at http://www.shoppbs.org/) Video available for $30. * Rating: excellent; used outside of class as an optional learning activity, related to conflict resolution

Part of a year long project at CSIS to identify how Al Qaeda and Associated Movements (AQAM) have morphed over the last few years and where it will be going out to the 2025.