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10 Years of Translated Bin Laden Messages Leaked
DragonFire1024 lets us know that Wikileaks has obtained 10 years of messages and interviews by Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda. The documents were translated and the messages and interviews were authenticated by the US CIA. "The nearly three hundred page, 'official use only' packet from 2004, translated by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, a division of the CIA, includes interviews with bin Laden from various news agencies and also includes messages he sent directly to the US from the periods of 1994 to 2004. One message includes bin Laden's denial of having anything to do with the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania."
His also an ex CIA agent (using that term a bit liberally).
"Thanks for all the money you paid to us. We've used it to buy off ISO among other things" -Microsoft
So, the CIA, who have operated outside the law since inception, have claimed that they didn't train OBL? What a fucking surprise!
Let me ask you a philosophical question. If an organization is charged with defending a country, and that organization has unlimited funding, no oversight, is inherently paranoid, and more subtly, is aware that it will only have these powers if the American people believe that they are always in danger, do you think that same organization would ensure the success in intercepted terrorist plans which have "acceptable" outcomes in order to have the resources to stop possibly "unacceptable" outcomes?
The CIA and British intelligence decided on their own, and with fewer than 100 people succeeded in, overthrowing a democratically elected government in 1953. And stated specifically it was so we could control their nationalized oil industry. God only knows what they are doing today.