This is an undated photo of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. The U.S. cruise missile strike on an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan in 1998 was meant to kill Osama bin Laden. But he apparently left shortly before the missiles struck, and U.S. documents declassified on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008 suggest the attack cemented an alliance with his Taliban protectors. (Anonymous/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
After bin Laden (hour 2)
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Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has been killed by U.S. Forces. Midmorning looks at what his death means for the future of al-Qaida and the war on terror.
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John Radsan: Professor of law and director of the National Security Forum at William Mitchell College of Law. He was assistant general counsel at the CIA from 2002 - 2004.
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Erik Aamoth: Business Services Director at the Department of Employment and Economic Development. His brother Gordon, an investment banker, was on the 104th floor of the south tower during the attacks of September 11, 2001.
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