Osama bin Laden’s Successor

<p>In the years before his death, Osama bin Laden seemed to be grooming a successor to lead Al Qaeda: his own son. Here’s what we learned this week about those plans. Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/rukmini-callimachi" target="_blank">Rukmini Callimachi</a>, who covers terrorism for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The care Osama bin Laden showed his son was not just fatherly, but appears to have been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/world/middleeast/hamza-bin-laden.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">an attempt </a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/world/middleeast/hamza-bin-laden.html" target="_blank">by the world’s most hunted terrorist </a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/world/middleeast/hamza-bin-laden.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">to secure his legacy</a>.</li><li>The United States had a role in<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/us/politics/hamza-bin-laden-al-qaeda.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> the operation that killed Hamza bin Laden</a>, officials said. But other details, including where he died, are unknown.</li></ul>