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  12-37. Use the association matrix and show all confirmed and suspected
  personal associations.
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  • After all personal associations have been shown on the link analysis
  diagram, the analyst uses the activities matrix to determine which
  activities, organizations, or other non-personal entities need to be
  depicted by appropriate rectangles. Having done so, the lines of
  connectivity between persons within the rectangles may be removed
  to prevent clutter. (It is assumed that participants in the same
  activity or members of the same cell are acquainted.)
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  12-38. As shown in Figure 12-4, the link analysis diagram depicts the
  membership, organization, activities, and connections of the group that,
  under the leadership of Sheik Omar Abdul Rahman, carried out the bombing
  of the World Trade Center in New York City and planned other bombing
  attacks. Together with the time event chart (Figure 12-1), one can gain a
  basic understanding of the group and its activities, and develop working
  hypotheses for additional collection and analysis efforts.
  12-39. After completion of the matrices and the link analysis diagram, the
  analyst makes recommendations about the group’s structure, and areas can
  be identified for further collection. Collection assets are employed to verify
  suspected connections, ID key personalities, and substantiate or refute the
  conclusions and assessments drawn from the link analysis that has been
  done. The link analysis diagram and thorough analysis of the information it
  contains can reveal a great deal about an organization. It can identify the
  group’s leadership, its strong and weak points, and operational patterns. The
  analyst can use these to predict future activities.