Clever! The CIA digs up an old audio tape of Osama bin Laden, pre-1991 Gulf War, that links bin Laden and Iraq, and feeds it to al Jazeera. Being a genuine recording of bin Laden, it would pass all tests for authenticity.
It would explain how Powell knew al Jazeera had the tape even before al Jazeera knew they had the tape.
Man, I hate when I talk myself right into tinfoil territory. Should the shiny side face in, or out?
Usama Bin Laden gave a detailed account of his Mujahadeen fighters defending themselves from the American Air war onslaught at Tora Bora. If that was truely his voice, this is truely authentic and made after the US Afghan war.
The rubber is meeting the road and the truth is finally coming out.