Bin Laden Silent In This Election Cycle

In the days before the 2004 Presidential election, an Osama bin Laden video appeared on the internet threatening new attacks on the United States. (ABC News)

Missing in Action: Bin Laden Election Tape
Fails to Appear -- ABC News

Another Success in the Secret U.S. Campaign to Silence al Qaeda

Unlike the last election, and despite predictions to the contrary, the Osama bin Laden 2008 election tape has yet to appear.

Senior U.S. officials say that is no accident.

Since the morning of Sept. 11, 2008, U.S. and allied intelligence agencies have largely shut down what had been al Qaeda's routine access to certain Internet sites that distributed its leaders' video messages.

"We've been able to squelch their message," said former CIA intelligence officer John Kiriakou, now an ABC News consultant. "We push al Qaeda's Web operation from country to country, to a point where they're just not able to find a country that's going to be willing to host their Web sites anymore."

CIA officials declined to comment.

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My Comment: He is still out there.