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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/08/AR2007090801845.html
The Resurrection of Al-Qaeda Central
[Washington Post] Craig Whitlock - Al-Qaeda Central has moved quickly to overcome extensive leadership losses by promoting loyalists who had served alongside bin Laden for years. It restarted fundraising, recruiting and training, and it expanded its media arm. Today, al-Qaeda operates much the way it did before 2001. The network is governed by a leadership council that meets regularly and reports to bin Laden, who continues to approve some major decisions, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official. About 200 people belong to the core group and many receive regular salaries, another senior U.S. intelligence official said.