laden s kill og fending terrorists why do they make at it centerpiece of their campaign? the april 21st edition, unnamed state department official announced the war on terror is over. u.s. officials told fox al-qaeda in yemen is stronger than six months ago. affiliate in north africa leveraged the arab spring to broaden the base. it took a leader off the battlefield. that is important. al-qaeda is bigger than the core. as part of the anniversary buildup, handwritten memo by the director leon panetta was released. dated april 29, 2011, it describes a white house phone call, the president s decision on code for the compound was made. direction was to go in to get bin laden. if he was not there, to get out. a senior intelligence official