we simply could not run the risk of doing nothing, if not ron dayne immediately with every measure we possibly could to prevent a repetition of that attack. as it turned out, we were able to very quickly dispersed al qaeda, to scatter them come to reduce their capabilities. we were able to very, very quickly mount a major intelligence effort worldwide that has continued since then. that is one of the developments that people are not entirely aware of. the u.s. intelligence effort and the creation of alliances across the planet has made the terrorist operational environment a lot more hostile for them. so the kinds of movement of people, movement of money, movement of operatives that we saw in the run-up to 9/11. i'm not saying it cannot take place today, but it is a lot more difficult for them. bad intelligence cooperation has extended beyond our usual like-minded allies been broadened some participants that would perhaps have preferred to stay on the sidelines but al qaeda bombings come indonesia, tunisia, egypt, and saudi arabia convinced a lot of nations that this wasn't simply a b