Tuesday, July 04, 2006

CIA Reportedly Disbands Bin Laden Unit

From the AP via the Houston Chronicle:

The officials told the Times that the change reflects a view that al-Qaida's hierarchy has changed, and terrorist attacks inspired by the group are now being carried out independently of bin Laden and his second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri.

The CIA said hunting bin Laden remains a priority, but resources needed to be directed toward other people and groups likely to initiate new attacks.


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Well, that kind of makes sense. If the invasion of Afghanistan really did, as they say, throw Al-Qaeda into utter organizational disarray, then bin Laden can't possibly be the terrorist threat he was back in September of '01. Yet terrorism continues to be a global danger; the torch has been passed to others.

But...

...shouldn't the people responsible for 9/11 be brought to justice despite the fact that they're incapable of doing it again? Doesn't justice count for something?

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