CONGRESS ASKED FOR AN ASSESSMENT OF THE WAR ON AL-QAEDA. HERE’S WHAT WE TOLD THEM

JONATHAN SCHRODEN AND JULIA MCQUAID

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In 2015, the U.S. Congress decided it was time to take a public accounting of the U.S. government’s war against al-Qaeda. In that year’s National Defense Authorization Act, Congress mandated: The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, shall provide for the conduct of an independent assessment of the effectiveness of the United States’ efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat Al-Qaeda … since September 11, 2001.