Former Polish Spy: The CIA Could've Killed Osama Bin Laden Before 2001

[RDS]

Any truth in the story?

Makowski writes that he was the go-between in late 1999 when a group of Afghans loyal to anti-Taliban guerrilla leader Ahmed Shah Massoud proposed assassinating bin Laden with car bombs in exchange for the $5 million reward the Clinton Administration had offered for the Saudi dissident's capture.
“They gave us the exact location of the houses where bin Laden would be staying in Kandahar, the route he would be taking between his living quarters, his meeting place, and what kind of transportation he would be using,” Makowski told McClatchy.
But on Oct. 14, 1999, a CIA officer flew to Warsaw and told top Polish intelligence officials (along with Makowski) that the CIA did not "have a license to kill," that they would have to "capture bin Laden safe and sound so that he can stand trial and be sentenced legally” and that the "CIA operates within the American legal order.”


Read more: Ex-Polish Spy Says The CIA Balked At Killing Osama Bin Laden Multiple Times Before 2001 - Business Insider

 

[HonestJoe]

Any truth in the story?

Who knows (that would talk about it)? Given that it's being reported for the purposes of selling a book though, it's perfectly likely it's been either spiced-up or entirely made-up.

 

[SovereignElecto]

Who knows (that would talk about it)? Given that it's being reported for the purposes of selling a book though, it's perfectly likely it's been either spiced-up or entirely made-up.

not another book..sigh..

I swear too many people out there think they are an expert author these days and have top secret connections or "sources"

I think I might just have to write a book about this fad ..