THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden was trying to show Americans and the world in his taped message Friday that his al-Qaida terrorist network was still effective despite its loss of personnel and inability to strike inside this country since Sept. 11, 2001, a senior government counterterrorism expert said.
John Brennan, director of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center (TTIC) and a longtime senior CIA analyst, told reporters Saturday that bin Laden was trying “to demonstrate that al-Qaida, as an organization, is still effective, even though they have not, in fact, been able to do something here in the states.”
Bin Laden was “looking for a way to justify the organization’s continued existence and that there is still something there,” Brennan said. Although Brennan made no mention of Abu Musab Zarqawi, other intelligence analysts have noted recently that the Jordanian terrorist, who is active in Iraq, has positioned himself as a successor or competitor, although he recently swore fealty to bin Laden.
Brennan said there appeared to be “no specific threat information” in the bin Laden tape but that it could be related to another tape given to ABC News last week showing an anonymous man claiming to be American affiliated with al-Qaida and threatening attacks on Americans. Brennan said his agency was “looking ... very closely right now” at whether there is a relationship between the two tapes.
I read that and saw..."Bin Laden Tape Was Attempt To Show (im)potency, Expert Says"
Perhaps we could club together and send him a crate of Viagra? Maybe this is why he has so much rage. His next tape might be sponsored by Pfizer announcing a truce.