Ex-CIA agent confirms Bush took eye off bin Laden (in Tora Bora)

[ProSense]

Ex-CIA agent says US missed bin Laden in Afghanistan
By Peter Spiegel, Defence Correspondent
Published: January 3 2006 23:34 | Last updated: January 3 2006 23:34

US military commanders were told that Osama bin Laden was hiding in the mountainous Tora Bora region of Afghanistan in early December 2001 but failed to send troops to block his escape, according to a new account by the CIA officer who ran the agency’s operations in the country.

Gary Berntsen, a CIA veteran who headed a paramilitary team called “Jawbreaker” during the Afghan war, said in a book published last week that one of his Arabic-speaking operatives found a radio on a dead al-Qaeda fighter during the Tora Bora battle and heard the terrorist leader repeatedly try to rally his troops.


“After the Spectre cleared the area, Bilal heard a voice he recognised from dozens of tape recordings,” Mr Berntsen wrote, using a pseudonym for an Arab-American former Marine who was part of the CIA team. “It was Osama bin Laden telling his troops to keep fighting.”


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[hippiechick]

1. "Missed" would insinuate that * was actually trying to CATCH OBL ...

... and we sorta know that ain't true ...

[texpatriot2004]

2. I agree. He ain't lookin' for him...Osama been forgotten nm

[LynnTheDem]

3. Exactly what John Kerry said.

And the rightwingnut morans called him a liar.

Funny how EVEN BUSH now admits OBL was at Tora-Bora.

NOBODY is as STUPID as a rightwingnut. STUPIDEST MFers on the planet.