Return to Transcripts main page

CNN Live At Daybreak

Ask CNN: How Does al Qaeda Operate?

Aired November 01, 2001 - 07:46   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ANNOUNCER: Melinda Benson from Kingsley, Pennsylvania, asks, "How does the al Qaeda operate?"

PETER BERGEN, CNN TERRORIST ANALYST: Al Qaeda operates in the following manner: Bin Laden decides the general policy objectives of the group, then those matters are put before various committees, which are below bin Laden. There's a military committee. There's a religious committee. There's a media affairs committee. And there's a business committee.

And then bin Laden's views are disseminated further down the chain of command to followers, many of whom have never actually met with bin Laden.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com