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MATTHEWS: Did we let him go in Tora Bora?

SCHEUER: Sure.

MATTHEWS: Was that our fault?

SCHEUER: It was our fault we didn‘t use our own troops, sir. We picked...

MATTHEWS: So we chose the better part of valor. We chose not to expose our troops to go in and hunting through caves.

SCHEUER: That‘s certainly what it looked like to me, sir, from my perspective, yes. And we hired as our surrogates people who were longtime friends of Osama bin Laden.

Is he the source of the Kerry talking points on Tora Bora?

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Is he the source of the Kerry talking points on Tora Bora?

If he was, what of it?

If the truth hurts, there are better ways of addressing it than shooting the messenger.