bin Laden building new camps

[gabosaurus]

Not that we care anymore. Our military brass says we are not chasing him anymore. bin Laden is old news.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/02/cia_bin_laden_i.html

In the most definitive statement in years, America's top intelligence official said Tuesday Osama bin laden is in Pakistan actively re-establishing al Qaeda training camps.

The newly appointed Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell made the assertion about bin Laden and his No. 2 man, Ayman al Zawahri, in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Referring to Pakistan's rugged tribal area, McConnell said "to the best of our knowledge that the senior leadership, No. 1 and No. 2, are there, and they are attempting to re-establish and rebuild and to establish training camps."

Until now, U.S. intelligence officials had declined to publicly identify, with such certainty, the location of bin Laden although he has long been suspected of hiding in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan.

McConnell's testimony came the day after the CIA deputy director, Stephen R. Kappes, flew to Pakistan to confront President Pervez Musharaff with "compelling" evidence that new al Qaeda training camps were being established on Pakistani territory.

 

[Annie]

Not that we care anymore. Our military brass says we are not chasing him anymore. bin Laden is old news.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/02/cia_bin_laden_i.html

In the most definitive statement in years, America's top intelligence official said Tuesday Osama bin laden is in Pakistan actively re-establishing al Qaeda training camps.

The newly appointed Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell made the assertion about bin Laden and his No. 2 man, Ayman al Zawahri, in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Referring to Pakistan's rugged tribal area, McConnell said "to the best of our knowledge that the senior leadership, No. 1 and No. 2, are there, and they are attempting to re-establish and rebuild and to establish training camps."

Until now, U.S. intelligence officials had declined to publicly identify, with such certainty, the location of bin Laden although he has long been suspected of hiding in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan.

McConnell's testimony came the day after the CIA deputy director, Stephen R. Kappes, flew to Pakistan to confront President Pervez Musharaff with "compelling" evidence that new al Qaeda training camps were being established on Pakistani territory.

'We" don't care anymore? See bolded in your 'excerpt'. Then there's this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/28/washington/28official.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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As Mr. Cheney traveled to Pakistan, senior administration officials said his talking points for a meeting with Mr. Musharraf included a strong warning that the Democrats in Congress were threatening to reduce Pakistan’s foreign aid if it failed to combat terrorism. Pakistani officials later confirmed that was a key element of his message, and Mr. Musharraf’s office warned Congress about passing what it called “discriminatory” legislation.

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