Linchpin in hunt for bin Laden back with al-Qaida

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BIN_LADEN_LINCHPIN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-06-15-06-32-18

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The terrorist described as the linchpin in the hunt for Osama bin Laden has rejoined al-Qaida after the Bush administration released him from a secret CIA secret prison under pressure from Pakistan, according to former and current U.S. intelligence officials.

Shortly after the CIA decided to close the secret prisons, the U.S. intelligence agency returned al-Qaida operative Hassan Ghul in 2006 to his native Pakistan, which had been demanding his release since his capture about two years earlier.

Pakistan held Ghul for at least a year before he was released, eventually making his way back to al-Qaida to help with operations against the U.S., the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because details about Ghul's case remain classified.

Pakistan's decision to free Ghul, a midlevel al-Qaida operative, is yet another troubling revelation in a time when the U.S. is rethinking its relationship with the Pakistan and whether it can be a trusted ally in the war on terror. Members of Congress have talked about ending aid to Pakistan after bin Laden was found inside Pakistan, hiding out in an urban area not far from a military garrison. Last week, CIA Director Leon Panetta confronted Pakistan's intelligence service about tipping off militants running bomb factories aimed at killing U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.

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1. once again

for 9/11

Saudi Arabia gave the men and the money

The UAE did the banking

and are good from Pakistan provided the intel and helped the Islamic fanatics inside Afghanistan who harbored bin Laden and al Qaeda.

And after 9/11 who did bush attack? Oh, that would be Iraq.