The CIA recruited and toured jihadist figures including bin Laden across the US

Evidence

The CIA undertook a program of recruitment and toured people like Osama bin Laden and Sheik Azzam (the spiritual leader of the mujahedeen and one of the founders of the Palestinian group Hamas) around the region. Azzam also traveled the length and breadth of the United States, visiting twenty-six states. The men recruited through such activity were then trained at various military locations in the United States. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 253

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: CIA-trained Afghan mujahideen produced the terrorist attacks against America — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 269; The same Islamist figures who denounced the US conspired with the CIA against nationalists — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 370; CIA-trained Afghan militants later turned their violent skills against the United States — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 411

Broader Connections

• CIA-trained Afghan mujahideen produced the terrorist attacks against America #corroborates (0.70) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 269
• The same Islamist figures who denounced the US conspired with the CIA against nationalists #expands (0.60) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 370