Reply #114: Don't get me wrong... [View All]

[SittingInTheMiddle]

I'm not blaming Clinton or his people...OBL's a slippery bastard to be sure.

To answer your question...how 'bout 12/30/01 NY Times for starters?

Referenced here, article still searchable on NY Times site (you can use bugmenot.com to get an ID if you want to read NYT originals)

http://www.wanttoknow.info/011230nytimes

By means of 'fair use'...the remainder of this post is (c) New York Times...

On at least four occasions, Mr. Clinton sent the C.I.A. a secret "memorandum of notification," authorizing the government to kill or capture Mr. bin Laden and, later, other senior operatives. The C.I.A. then briefed members of Congress about those plans.

The C.I.A. redoubled its efforts to track Mr. bin Laden's movements, stationing submarines in the Indian Ocean to await the president's launch order. To hit Mr. bin Laden, the military said it needed to know where he would be 6 to 10 hours later — enough time to review the decision in Washington and program the cruise missiles.