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The government of the United States named Osama bin Laden the prime suspect in the September 11, 2001 attacks, which killed at least 2,752 people, although he has not been formally charged. For more information, see Osama and September 11 below.
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Libbi and Ghailani, who was arrested in Pakistan in July 2004, were the last two people taken into custody to have met with and taken orders from Zawahiri and to hear directly from bin Laden. "Both Ghailani and Libbi were informed that Osama was well and alive and in the picture by none other than Zawahiri himself," one Pakistani intelligence official said.
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[T]here has been no confirmation of nuclear weapons or nuclearmaterial falling into bin Laden's hands — nor any firm statement that hehas failed to obtain them. But the deeper you look into this informationvacuum, which US taxpayers increasingly consider a poor return on their$30 billion-a-year investment in foreign intelligence, the more worryingit becomes.
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There is a frequent claim that the CIA directly funded bin Laden. Top CIA officers involved in the effort say, no, their support went directly to the Afghans, or to the Pakistanis.
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A Pakistani intelligence official in the northwestern city of Peshawar, near the Afghan border, said bin Laden probably is accompanied by "dozens" of mainly Arab supporters. He spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the secretive nature of his job.
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In addition, the official said, it takes bin Laden significant time to communicate from where he is hiding. That wouldn't offer him the flexibility to order an attack on Cheney, whose stop at Bagram was kept secret in advance of his arrival, the official said.
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