[Cicero]

This one AFP article, on which all the others are based, is certainly not evidence. It wouldn't surprise me if the CIA was dealing with Bin Ladin during the clinton years at the same time that they were pretending to demonize him. Way back when we were supporting the Afghans against the Russians, the CIA presumably DID deal with him. I suppose it's remotely possible that the clintonoids who are still in the CIA might follow up on what they had been doing at clinton's instigation. But this little news piece is not enough to take seriously.

[ValerieUSA]

We have FBI agents who have gone bad, and spied for other countries. It isn't impossible that a CIA agent who had worked with bin Laden to defeat the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan may have stayed close to the terrorist organization even after the Soviet Union fell. That we have spies for bin Laden working within the US spook agencies is something to consider.

[Pericles]

The why (with links to back it up): BIN LADEN GATE

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

I agree with the premise(s) of the CIA covering up their track record of contact with Bin Laden.