The Wall Street Journal reported on Leon Panetta wetting his pants when he found out, probably because Pelosi would kill him if she found out on her own. Turns out, when Congress authorizes military force against an enemy (Al Qaeda), that includes assassinating Bin Laden, who, lest we forget, claimed credit for murder our innocent civilians on September 11th. It's sad, but it seems liberals have forgotten. Let's just ignore Islam and its extremists, and make fun of people who bring up September 11th. Of course, I suppose we could just have Obama go apologize to Al Qaeda and forget the trouble of killing them. Anyway here you go.
A secret Central Intelligence Agency initiative terminated by Director Leon Panetta was an attempt to carry out a 2001 presidential authorization to capture or kill al Qaeda operatives, according to former intelligence officials familiar with the matter.
The precise nature of the highly classified effort isn’t clear, and the CIA won’t comment on its substance.
According to current and former government officials, the agency spent money on planning and possibly some training. It was acting on a 2001 presidential legal pronouncement, known as a finding, which authorized the CIA to pursue such efforts. The initiative hadn’t become fully operational at the time Mr. Panetta ended it.
In 2001, the CIA also examined the subject of targeted assassinations of al Qaeda leaders, according to three former intelligence officials. It appears that those discussions tapered off within six months. It isn’t clear whether they were an early part of the CIA initiative that Mr. Panetta stopped.
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