The UAE was supporting OBL.
So was the United States.
After 9/11 and the USS Cole, the UAE provided us with info and helped us catch the conspirators.
Some of OBL's financial records that the UAE has, have nothing to do with terrorism, and the UAE has the right to protect them if they wish.
Dubai hosts one of our largest ME NAVAL ports, and is a major crux on the war on terrorism. Dubai is in the 'perfect' position for us to defend the straights of Hormuz.
We are already doing so (just MARCORP exercises, not the real thing. (I never lie))
Really. And you know this how?
And in what way are these innocent financial records unrelated to terrorism, the tracking of Bin Laden's financial sources and outlays, or the tracking of Bin Laden himself?
I honestly never I thought I would see a post on FR coming to the defense of anyone hiding any information about Bin Laden (and coming darn close to apologetics for Bin Laden himself).
"After 9/11 and the USS Cole, the UAE provided us with info and helped us catch the conspirators. "
9/11 and the Cole were several years apart. UAE continued recognition of the Taliban and their ports were shipping points for nuclear weapons materials being sent to N. Korea and Pakistan, etc.