CIA videos reveal the missed chances to kill Bin Laden

The Times ^ | 9/4/05 | Yosri Fouda and Nick Fielding

[writer33]

Who was president then? I can't remember. Can somebody help me out here? Please.

[ncountylee]

Carter?

[Spackidagoosh]

The videos were shown on Fox News last year...If I remember correctly..

[JRios1968]

This is quite the indictment of Bubba Klinton's so-called "approach" to combating terror.

[Criminal Number 18F]

There have been many, many opportunities to grab high value targets.

Many of the opportunities have come to naught because of stovepiping between commands and very slow reaction times of leaders, who despite being unavailable when things get sporty, still insist on retaining authority -- in a word, micromanagers.

Micromanagers are legion in the Agency and in the military -- which still don't share information.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[writer33]

I don't think it was him. I remember he was in scandal after scandal, but I just can't recall the name. :)

[TASMANIANRED]

bump

[Spackidagoosh]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/17/predator.video/

[commish]

I don't think it was him. I remember he was in scandal after scandal, but I just can't recall the name. :)

OH yeah, I remember him, he was the guy that wasted some missiles on a couple camels to cover his mistress' testimony wasn;'t he?

[popdonnelly]

I have a very vivid recollection of the lame, obnoxious Clarke trying to blame Bush for the failure to get bin Laden.

[Valin]

Millard Fillmore?

[God luvs America]

Richard Clarke, Clinton’s senior counter-terrorism adviser, has written in his memoirs: “When word came through that we had a contemporaneous sighting from our informants, the counter-terrorism security group met immediately by secure video conference.”

and.....and....and.....AND.....AND....AND.....AND!!!

[Sthitch]

Might have helped if they had put some Hellfires on those drones. Nope, Janet Reno could not thing of any legal justification for taking out terrorists.

[SeaBiscuit]

"it was now clear that the hunting party consisted of minor princes from the United Arab Emirates, an American ally in the Gulf. As the White House dithered, the hunting party moved on. “All that was left was a pile of burning garbage in the desert,” said Scheuer this weekend. He claimed that the group had left after Clarke called a senior figure in the Emirates royal family."

Clarke! He blew the whistle. 3 turds in a fountain, Clinton, Clarke, and Burger.

[Spackidagoosh]

[Valin]

Rule #1..It's Bush's fault
Rule #2..In the unlikely event that it's not Bush's...see Rule #1.

[Enchante]

"The attack was planned for February 11, but according to Scheuer the White House stalled. Officials wanted more information about Bin Laden’s movements. In addition it was now clear that the hunting party consisted of minor princes from the United Arab Emirates, an American ally in the Gulf. As the White House dithered, the hunting party moved on. “All that was left was a pile of burning garbage in the desert,” said Scheuer this weekend. He claimed that the group had left after Clarke called a senior figure in the Emirates royal family. “It’s hardly surprising that they pulled out so quickly and that we lost our chance to kill Bin Laden,” said Scheuer."

Ohhhh, my, that couldn't be the brilliant counter-terrorist Richard Clarke who tipped off the UAE princes, prompting Bin Laden to boogie away..... b...bbbb....but Richard Clarke told us he and Bill Clinton were the most brilliant, super-competent terror-fighters of all time!!! This article must be full of falsehoods, because we all know that Richard Clarke, Sandy Burglar, Janet Reno, and Bill Clinton fought terrorism better than can be imagined.

[writer33]

Lots of misfires in the news then. :)

[Iwentsouth]

I might be mistaken. I think this drone was originally meant to be unarmed. Hellfires were later added onto them. Does someone know for sure?