Yesterday Rick Jensen accused President Obama of “dithering” on taking out Osama bin Laden because they had intelligence since August on his possible whereabouts. We now know that it took some time to confirm it was indeed bin Laden and in the meantime, the team built a full-size replica of the compound to practice. Yesterday it was revealed that bin Laden had lived in that location for 6 years.
Intel Cmte Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who has been briefed “all along” on the UBL operation – said, ““It appears Usama bin Laden and his family could have lived there for up to 6 years.” She would NOT say how she knew this – other than to imply that’s the analysis of the Intel Community.
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As for Pakistani officials and what they knew, Feinstein said, “It’s very hard for me to understand how Pakistani, particularly the ISI, would not have known that something was going on in that compound.”
Six years! I wonder who was president then? Six years ago was 2005. The bin Laden unit was disbanded by Bush in 2006. In 2002 Bush said he didn’t think about bin Laden all that much.
The RWNJs have also put together a scenario where the information that led to bin Laden was obtained by torture. Rumsfeld through cold water all over that. The intel was gained through standard interrogation.