[veronica]

There is a man who one sees very often on TV, I think he is Russian, who I have come to think is an expert on Bin Laden. He seems very wired and very smart. He has been studying Bin Laden for many years. He says Bin Laden is still alive, that in fact, among the group of a dozen or so experts who track him, it is believed that within the last few weeks Bin Laden hand wrote a condolance note to some sheik in the Middle East. He believes Bin Laden is alive, and very much in control of things. I wish it were not true.

[Lion's Cub]

His name is Yossef Bodansky. He is/was(?) the Director of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare. He wrote a book on bin Laden:
BIN LADEN THE MAN WHO DECLARED WAR ON AMERICA