Pakistani media personnel and local residents gather outside the hideout of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden following his death by US Special Forces in a ground operation in Abbottabad on May 3, 2011.

The Future of Al Qaeda

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 6, 2013

Over the last decade Al Qaeda has evolved into a complex and far-flung threat. We’ll speak with journalist Abdel Bari Atwan—who interviewed Bin Laden on two occasions—about the future of the organization. He's the author of After Bin Laden: Al Qaeda: The Next Generation.

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