Trail Cold For Bin Laden, U.S. Officials Agree

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Senior intelligence officials acknowledged in an NBC News report that the last time they knew with certainty where Osama Bin Laden was in real time was before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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1. On September 11, 2001 Bin Laden was in a well guarded hospital

....in Pakistan and the Bush administration knew this

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If the CBS report by Dan Rather is accurate and Osama had indeed been admitted to the Pakistani military hospital on September 10, 2001, courtesy of America's ally, he was in all likelihood still in hospital in Rawalpindi on the 11th of September, when the attacks occurred. In all probability, his whereabouts were known to US officials on the morning of September 12, when Secretary of State Colin Powell initiated negotiations with Pakistan, with a view to arresting and extraditing bin Laden.

A recent Reuters report (11/13/03; scroll down) quoting Labeviere's book "Corridors of Terror" points to alleged "negotiations" between Osama bin Laden and the CIA, which took place two months prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks at the American Hospital in Dubai, UAE, while bin Laden was recovering from a kidney dialysis treatment

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http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO311A.html

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2. the nbc news story

doesn't reference that series of events.

[KansDem]

3. Here's a rather complete timeline of before and after 9/11...

The Bushistas know where he is...period. They're lying when they say they don't.

From the Wilderness

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5. know where he is ...

or knew where he was

the NBC report says the last time they knew where he was was before 9/11. the last major operation they had -- following a real lead -- was in 2004.

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4. This shows the total incompetence of Bush-Cheney

even at "war fighting" which is, allegedly, their strength. This exposes the "War on Terror" for what it is -- .