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Pre-9/11 U.S. Attempts to Drive Bin Laden Out of Afghanistan (new memo)
National Security Archive ^ | August 18, 2005 | Barbara Elias

Posted on 08/19/2005 8:42:58 AM PDT by bobsunshine

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1 posted on 08/19/2005 8:43:01 AM PDT by bobsunshine
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Ambassador Milam asks for Pakistan's help on the bin Laden issue and stresses "that U.S. patience was growing thin" and bin Laden's extradition was something the U.S. needed to have "settled 'in a matter of days' rather than weeks or months."

Then what happened? So none of this was in the 9-11 report? Having never taken the report seriously, I have never read it nor even read any news stories describing it.

2 posted on 08/19/2005 8:46:04 AM PDT by Huck (Whatever.)
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To: bobsunshine

These were unsuccessful attempts and is just being reported by AP news. Captainsquarterblog has some good insight on this and other updates to Able Danger.


3 posted on 08/19/2005 8:47:08 AM PDT by bobsunshine
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"we had never heard his name during that period and did not support him at that time."

Oh well it looks like another one of the wild and wacked out comrades at DU just had another one of their talking points proven tp be a lie.

I'm sure they will correct the record.......

4 posted on 08/19/2005 8:49:23 AM PDT by federal
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Harboring bin Laden, but hesitant to sever diplomatic ties with the U.S. completely, the Taliban claimed there was insufficient evidence to convict bin Laden of terrorism, going so far as to say that Saddam Hussein was behind the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.

So Bill Clinton knew that Saddam was behind the bombings and did nothing???

No wait. He signed the Iraqi Liberation Act into law and sent a few cruise missiles.

5 posted on 08/19/2005 8:52:51 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Peach; cyncooper; Howlin

So, the Taliban told us that Saddam was behind the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam?


6 posted on 08/19/2005 9:05:50 AM PDT by MizSterious (Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
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To: bobsunshine

Bill and Hillary sucking up to the women-hating Taliban? Impossible!!! I wonder what Mavis Leno and her Hollywood feminist pals will have to say about this!


7 posted on 08/19/2005 9:07:57 AM PDT by Dems_R_Losers (Where is Chris Lehane??)
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To: bobsunshine

Big effort to extradite bin Laden right before the 2000 election.


8 posted on 08/19/2005 9:11:57 AM PDT by popdonnelly
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To: MizSterious

Thank you for letting me know about this report.


9 posted on 08/19/2005 9:19:23 AM PDT by cyncooper
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But Bill Clinton was "obsessed" with OBL.


10 posted on 08/19/2005 9:24:56 AM PDT by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: bobsunshine; All

There must be truth in the Able-Danger story, for the left-net is out desperately hunting for something good to say about Clinton and terrorism.

You can bet this story will be giving a fresh new-news look in hundreds of U.S. venues as soon as possible.


11 posted on 08/19/2005 9:45:28 AM PDT by Wuli
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Yes, but compare this to some other memos describing how the Clintons wanted to make sure Osama had a nice chair, so he would be comfortable if we caught him. (Someone suggested Ol' Sparky might be a proper chair....)


12 posted on 08/19/2005 9:50:18 AM PDT by MizSterious (Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
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Harboring bin Laden, but hesitant to sever diplomatic ties with the U.S. completely, the Taliban claimed there was insufficient evidence to convict bin Laden of terrorism, going so far as to say that Saddam Hussein was behind the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.

Whoa!!!!!


13 posted on 08/19/2005 10:33:12 AM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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Reprinted from NewsMax.com

Friday, Aug. 19, 2005 10:35 a.m. EDT
Clinton Lawyers Fretted Over Bin Laden's Comfort

The CIA's former Bin Laden desk chief revealed Thursday night that Clinton administration lawyers warned counterterrorism agents that Osama bin Laden had to be kept as comfortable as possible if they captured him during planned raids into Afghanistan. "The lawyers were more concerned with bin Laden`s safety and his comfort than they were with the officers charged with capturing him," former Bin Laden desk chief Michael Scheuer told MSNBC's "Hardball. "We had to build an ergonomically designed chair to put him in, [for] special comfort in terms of how he was shackled into the chair," Scheuer explained. "They even worried about what kind of tape to gag him with so it wouldn`t irritate his beard."

"The lawyers are the bane of the intelligence community," the former CIA man lamented.

Concerns like that, as well as foot dragging by the White House, resulted in one missed opportunity after another to get the al Qaida terror mastermind, Scheuer said.

"We had at least eight to 10 chances to capture or kill Osama bin Laden in 1998 and 1999. And the government on all occasions decided that the information was not good enough to act," he claimed.

Although sharply critical of President Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq , the CIA counterterrorism specialist put the blame for bin Laden's escape firmly on Mr. Clinton.

"In terms of which administration had more chances, Mr. Clinton`s administration had far more chances to kill Osama bin Laden than Mr. Bush has until this day," Scheuer said.

14 posted on 08/19/2005 10:53:52 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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The CIA's former Bin Laden desk chief revealed Thursday night that Clinton administration lawyers warned counterterrorism agents that Osama bin Laden had to be kept as comfortable as possible if they captured him during planned raids into Afghanistan. "The lawyers were more concerned with bin Laden`s safety and his comfort than they were with the officers charged with capturing him," former Bin Laden desk chief Michael Scheuer told MSNBC's "Hardball. "We had to build an ergonomically designed chair to put him in, [for] special comfort in terms of how he was shackled into the chair," Scheuer explained. "They even worried about what kind of tape to gag him with so it wouldn`t irritate his beard."

I'm going to throw up.

15 posted on 08/19/2005 12:27:59 PM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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TexasCajun...I've posted the clip you found from NewsMax and incorrectly attributed that part of my post to another Freeper. I apologize.

It's a great find. It's a sickening to see how much thought was given to OBL's handling, but a great find.


16 posted on 08/19/2005 12:38:43 PM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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We're all on the same team here to get the truth out.

Have a great weekend. ...ping me anytime.

17 posted on 08/19/2005 12:44:06 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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Have a great weekend too, TexasCajun. If I post that find on other threads, I'll be sure to give you the credit you deserve for finding that.


18 posted on 08/19/2005 12:46:09 PM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: massgopguy
But Bill Clinton was "obsessed" with OBL

But only "virtually" in the real world, he didn't pay him much attention, unless he needed to "Wag the Dog", and even then he did it such as way as not to overly offend anyone, including Osama.

19 posted on 08/19/2005 3:01:04 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: bobsunshine; Zacs Mom; MeekOneGOP; PhilDragoo; Happy2BMe; potlatch; ntnychik; Smartass; Boazo; ...

check this out - ping


20 posted on 08/21/2005 7:35:56 AM PDT by bitt ('We will all soon reap what the ignorant are now sowing.' Victor Davis Hanson)
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