[stockstrader]

If you in fact do that, I'd like to offer a book (DERELICTION OF DUTY) by Buzz Patterson to start with. Buzz was one of Slick's military aides--and he discusses another chance that Slick had to kill Bin Laden in 1998.

Pages 129-131 discuss how Slick's unavailability (who knows what he was doing) for an hour and his indecision allowed Bid Laden to escape in 1998 when Sandy Berger and Slick had Osama pinpointed during a two-hour window in which they could have taken Osama out. This was another chance--in addition to the Sudanese offer.

Buzz also has another good book out (RECKLESS DISREGARD) describing his time in the Clinton administration.