That ObL was a CIA operative is a fact. That he is not one now remains to be proven. It's also a fact that this is not the first time the CIA had a chance to arrest or kill him. Sudan wanted to hand him over in 1996, the CIA refused.
What you can't conclude, however, is that they are collaborating, or Larry Mitchell's working for Qaeda. The CIA may still be hoping to turn him around, or ObL may have something on them that makes him untouchable, it could be a million things.
You have to stick to what you know.
Hakki Alacakaptan
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|| From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
|| [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Thomas Seay
||
|| I hope that Carrol intends to answer Hakki's questions
|| because I have the same questions. IF, IF IF the CIA
|| did meet
|| with Ben Laden then I do think that is, at the very
|| minimum, CURIOUS. I mean, it would lead one to think
|| that either the CIA and Ben Laden were at that time
|| collaborating on some level, or that this guy Larry
|| Mitchell was "on the take". (and if so, why the
|| coincidence of the CIA calling him back on July 15th,
|| the day after Bin Laden's departure from the
|| hospital?) (...)