Osama bin Laden frame grab from videotape released by the Department of Defense on December 2001. Handout/MCT
CIA Balked At Chance To Kill Bin Laden In ‘99, Polish Ex-Spy Says -- McClatchy News
WARSAW, Poland — In late 1999, two years before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people, a group of Afghan agents loyal to an anti-Taliban guerrilla leader proposed assassinating Osama bin Laden. All they wanted was the $5 million reward the Clinton administration had offered for bin Laden’s capture, says a former Polish spy who was the Afghans’ go-between on the plot.
The CIA rejected the plan, however, saying, "We do not have a license to kill."
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My Comment: If this story is true .... it reflects on how much the American security mindset has changed since 9/11. Instead of bringing these terrorists to trial, the preferred route is a drone strike.
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