CIA history repeats itself today with respect to Iraq. No mention is made of Iran's assistance to Al Qaeda, yet London's Al Sharq Al Awsat of April 15, 1993 claimed that Tehran had offered the welcome mat to the Afghan-Arabs who congregated at bases along the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier. Iran was certainly aware of the existence and purpose of Al Qaeda, even if the CIA was not.
Today, Iran still offers the Islamists a safe-haven -- from Hizbollah to Al Qaeda. And when one wonders why Osama Bin Laden has not issued more videos or casettes from his hiding place, many analysts would submit that it is because his Iranian masters do not wish to do anything that might call attention to their murderous activity in support of Bin Laden, Al Qaeda and Islamist terrorism.
If he had no reliable evidence, then why for God's sake was he writing a book that encouraged people to rely on his judgement as a CIA analyst?
Was this then a sophomoric exercise in ego adjustmenr or simple greed?