Al-Qaeda "vulnerable" but still dangerous, CIA warns

WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (AFP) - The Al-Qaeda network is now vulnerable, yet remains dangerous and a threat to US national security, CIA director Porter Goss said Wednesday.
"In the past year, aggressive measures by our intelligence, law enforcement, defense and homeland security community along with our key international partners have in fact dealt serious blows to Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations and individuals," Goss told a Senate intelligence committee hearing.
"Despite these successes, however the terrorist threat to the US in the homeland and abroad endures," he acknowledged.
"We know from experience that Al-Qaeda is a patient, persistent, imaginative, adapted, dangerous opponent -- but it is vulnerable and displaced," Goss added.

02/16/2005 16:28 GMT - AFP