Home pagePress CenterIn the Media A CSIS Statesmen's Forum with U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey and FBI Deputy Director John Pistole was quoted by United Press International, "FBI: No Global Crime Link to Core al-Qaida."
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A CSIS Statesmen's Forum with U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey and FBI Deputy Director John Pistole was quoted by United Press International, "FBI: No Global Crime Link to Core al-Qaida."
Pistole spoke at a panel discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington last week, after Attorney General Michael Mukasey rolled out a new strategy for dealing with the threat from a new generation of global crime organizations -- wealthy, politically connected and technologically savvy.
Pistole said there was evidence of links between such groups and other terrorist organizations "whether it's (left-wing Colombian insurgent group) FARC or Hezbollah or other groups, but not core al-Qaida, thus far."
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