Wednesday, May 04, 2011

“Bin Laden believed “his network was strong enough he’d get a heads-up” before any U.S. strike against him.”

Politico:

Osama bin Laden had cash totaling 500 Euros and two telephone numbers sewn into his clothing when he was killed — sure signs that he was prepared to flee his compound at a moment’s notice — top U.S. intelligence officials told members of Congress at a classified briefing in the Capitol Monday. Three sources who attended the briefing confirmed the details and a fourth said he had been told the same thing by a reliable source outside Monday’s meeting. CIA Director Leon Panetta told lawmakers about the items found in bin Laden’s clothing in response to a question about why he wasn’t guarded by more security personnel at his relatively luxurious home in a military town north of Islamabad. The answer, according to one source who attended the briefing: Bin Laden believed “his network was strong enough he’d get a heads-up” before any U.S. strike against him.

Our pals in Pakistan!

Anyone else hate being a schmuck?

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1 comment:

SamenoKami said...

You just don't tell what you find.
You trace the phone #'s and show up on the doorstep. You don't tell that you have computers w/loads of info.
Those on the computers just start noticing that the others are disappearing, dying in car wrecks, having cerebral hemorrhages, etc.
I wish they had held their (our?) cards close to the vest.