The Atlantic (july/aug 2001) has an article by a former CIA guy explaining why US intel. can't do much about bin Laden.... "Operations that include diarrhea as a way of life don't happen." http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2001/07/gerecht.htm also an older article on bin Laden's history with the CIA: http://msnbc.com/news/190144.asp?cp1=1 and a 1998 interview: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/dailynews/terror_980609.html Eric