] I was in a dinner with heads of Saudi and German FBI,
] plus the foreign minister of Afghanistan. They all said
] that at its peak Al Qaeda had 70,000 members. Only 10% of them
] were trained in terrorism -- the rest were military recruits.
] Of that 7000, they say all but about 200 are dead or in jail.

Supposedly this is from a compromised private Email, from a Newsday reporter at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. There's a thread on slashdot about how the Email was compromised, and the various privacy implications, etc. etc. But I have to say, now that it's public, I still found the Email fascinating!

Slashdot thread here:
http://slashdot.org/articles/03/02/28/1823256.shtml?tid=158

Newsday Reporter's 'Spilled' Email