1、CRS InsightsPost-9/11 Evolution of the United States Defining of the Terrorist Threat from Al QaedaJohn W. Rollins, Specialist in Terrorism and National Security (jrollinscrs.loc.gov, 7-5529)January 20, 2015 (IN10214)Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda-related entities have i
2、ncreased in numberand become more diffuse; with these changes there has been an evolution in how the United Statesdefines the terrorist threat. How the threat has evolved could influence consideration of new authoritiesand policies in the 114th Congress.EvolutionAfter the 2001 passage of the Authori
3、zation for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), the United Stateslaunched attacks in Afghanistan on what now is known as Al Qaeda Core (AQC), with goals toeliminate Al Qaeda leadership and forces, terminate the rule of the Taliban and their leadership,and end the use of Afghanistan as a sanctuary for t
4、errorism. Al Qaeda leadership and members fledAfghanistan and, as early as 2002, the Bush Administration identified the war against Al Qaeda as aGlobal War on terrorism, employing a strategy of capturing operatives worldwide, and it began apolicy of drone strikes, with one in Yemen in November 2002.
