Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaponohia e te kaiwhakahaere o mua o CIA a George Tenet te perehitini o Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh ki te mahi tahi me te CIA. I tukuna e Tenet nga rauemi me nga kaiwhakaako 100 o te Ope Motuhake o te Ope ki te awhina i a Yemen ki te hanga i tetahi waahanga whakahee i muri i te 2001 whakaekenga o Afghanistan. I whiwhi hoki ia i ngā whakaaetanga ki te rere i ngā waka rererangi Predator i runga i Yemen. I patua e te CIA e ono ngā kaimahi o Al Qaeda, tae atu ki a Abu Ali al-Harithi, e whakapae ana ko ia te kaiārahi o te
2000 whakaeke i runga i te USS "Cole", ki taua drone, tonoa i te turanga hōia French i Djibouti.