基地组织并没有像大多数西方媒体媒体所说的那样转化为基础，而是数据库。它提到了成千上万的圣战者的原始计算机文件，他们在中央情报局的帮助下招募和培训，以击败阿富汗的俄罗斯人。
(Al Qaeda didn't translate to the base, as most Western media outlets had so ignorantly reported, but rather, the database. It referred to the original computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with the help of the CIA to defeat the Russians in Afghanistan.)