video: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/id/138405
Mr. Bergen spoke about his book Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden, published by The Free Press. The book draws on extensive interviews with terrorist leaders, including bin Laden, to describe terrorist operations, aims, and popularity in the Middle East and Asia. It also shows how terrorist organizations are funded and operates much like a modern day corporation. Peter Bergen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bergen ---- Q: If it's true that bin Laden once worked for the CIA, what makes you so sure that he isn't still? BERGEN: This is one of those things where you cannot put it out of its misery. The story about bin Laden and the CIA-that the CIA funded bin Laden or trained bin Laden-is simply a folk myth. There's no evidence of this. In fact, there are very few things that bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and the U.S. government agree on. They all agree that they didn't have a relationship in the 1980s. And they wouldn't have needed to. Bin Laden had his own money, he was anti-American and he was operating secretly and independently. The real story here is the CIA didn't really have a clue about who this guy was until 1996 when they set up a unit to really start tracking him. Responses to Bergen here: http://www.911blogger.com/node/2348 THE ALTERNATIVE STORY OF 911 A PAKISTANI EXPLAINS HIS THOUGHTS ... http://www.911blogger.com/node/14723 How The FBI Protected Al Qaeda's 9/11 Hijacking Trainer ... http://www.911blogger.com/node/3557 more here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WhoDid911/message/3243 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/shadowgovernment?hl=en.
