via CIA Nominee Urged against Bin Laden Attack in 1998.
The White House’s nominee for CIA chief
says he does not regret advising against a 1998 strike targeting Osama
bin Laden a few months before the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in
Africa.
“The blasts killed 224 people, including 12 Americans. Some 5,000 people were injured.”
John Brennan said Thursday that the attack
could have killed other people as well as bin Laden, and that the
chances for success were minimal.
He also told the Senate Intelligence Committee the information supporting the attack was “not well grounded.”
He said he was among numerous intelligence officials who urged against such an attack. Their advice was followed.
Brennan was the CIA station chief in Saudi Arabia at the time of the embassy bombings.
Three years later, on Sept. 11, 2001, bin Laden launched the deadliest terrorist attacks in U.S. history.
That attack killed nearly 3,000 and has cost many more their lives since. Contact Your Elected Officials and tell them not to approve John “Jihad” Brennan.
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