Assignment 1: Explain the two types of meetings called at the White House that involve the entire national security apparatus. Summarize the trial of Abdul Basit and his remarkable statement at the close of the trial. Make an argument for whether or not any parts of the statement are valid. Make an argument for how foreign relationships affect the collection and use of intelligence information. Explain how Khalid Sheikh Mohammed oversaw the 9/11 plot.
Assignment 2: Summarize the investigation into the 9/11 attacks. Explain how analysts used future-focused thinking to predict the attacks and how few people in the intelligence community came to the same conclusion. Explain how technology both enables and exposes terrorist attack?
200 words per assignment: two different pages with different references.