But at the end of the day, we settled for the worst possibility -- he was there and we didn't do anything. |
Frankly when I resigned in November, there wasn't anyone. |
In all cases, bin Laden indicated that these attacks would be designed to make the countries rethink their support for America. |
is pretty close to being inevitable. |
It proves two things. He's not dead. And despite all the things we say about him being isolated and alone, he can clearly dominate the international media when he wants to. |
She was always of the view that she would rather not get her hands dirty with covert action. |
The agency never asked me, for either book, not to publish it. |
The exposure of such, either firms or aircraft, just undoes years of cover building and makes America weaker. |
The thinking was that he (bin Laden) was in Afghanistan, and he was dangerous. But because he was there, we had a better chance to kill him, |
There's been a huge wedge between what the analysts think and what the Bush administration wants them to say. |
There's no quality control. You'll have guys out there with a smattering of Arabic drawing all kinds of crazy conclusions. Rush Limbaugh will cherry-pick from the right, and Al Franken will cherry-pick from the left. |
They have always been almost puritanical in talking about setbacks. |
This is a worldwide and still very dangerous threat and is well within what he has said before. |
Time is not on America's side. We're clearly losing. |
Warning your enemy before you attack him is very much a tradition in Islam. |