Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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>>>He had OBL in the crosshairs, but didn't pull the trigger- afraid of the legal consequences<<<


Actually, if you read enough accounts of this subject and if you read it with an open mind, you'll find that George Tenet, Bill Clinton and GW Bush all tried to get Bin Laden but politics got in the way. So what else is new. Bush and Tora Bora is another story which I will spare you for now unless you provoke me.


"Richard Clarke, the country’s first counter-terrorism czar, told me in an interview at his home in Arlington, Virginia, that he wasn’t particularly surprised that the Bush Administration’s efforts to find bin Laden had been stymied by political problems. He had seen such efforts fail before. Clarke, who retired from public service in February and is now a private consultant on security matters, has served every President since Ronald Reagan. He has won a reputation as a tireless advocate for action against Al Qaeda. Clarke emphasized that the C.I.A. director, George Tenet, President Bush, and, before him, President Clinton were all deeply committed to stopping bin Laden; nonetheless, Clarke said, their best efforts had been doomed by bureaucratic clashes, caution, and incessant problems with Pakistan."

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/030804fa_fact?030804fa_fact