i should've reposted this item right away when in the wake of bill clinton's chris wallace interview her apologianess dr rice claimed during their first 8 months the bush admin was very focused on al qaeda:

The State Department officially released its annual terrorism report just a little more than an hour ago, but unlike last year, there's no extensive mention of alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. A senior State Department official tells CNN the US government made a mistake in focusing so much energy on bin Laden and 'personalizing terrorism'.
—CNN, 4/30/2001