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{{This has also been reported on CNN and other cable news. AKE}}
As recently as last December, former President Bill Clinton was
presented with reliable intelligence pinpointing the whereabouts of
suspected Word Trade Center terrorist Osama bin Laden -- along with
the U.S. military's plan to take him out.
But Clinton declined to green light the operation.
The information on bin Laden's location came from "eyes-on
intelligence," the Associated Press reported Thursday, indicating
he was spotted by a tipster on the ground or via satellite
surveillance.
The intelligence coup is said to have spurred "a high-level debate"
among senior White House officials over whether this was Clinton's
last chance to eliminate bin Laden before he left office.
Former Clinton administration national security advisor Sandy
Berger admitted to the AP, "There were a couple of points,
including in December, where there was intelligence indicative of
bin Laden's whereabouts."
But in the wake of reports that bin Laden masterminded Tuesday's
attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in
Washington, Berger sounded somewhat defensive, complaining, "I can
categorically tell you that at no point was it ripe enough to act."
He also attempted to shift blame to the military for the decision
not to act, saying, "There was never a recommendation from the
Pentagon."
Among the factors weighed in the decision to spare the deadly
terrorist in December were concerns about collateral damage; i.e.,
the deaths of innocent civilians in Afghanistan.
In 1998, Clinton ordered a cruise missile strike on a suspected bin
Laden training camp in Khost, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths
of 20 suspected terrorists.
Tuesday's World Trade Center attack is believed to have killed as
many as 30,000 Americans.
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