
Lawfare Archive: How Osama bin Laden Escaped Afghanistan
The Lawfare Podcast
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What Was the Strategy That Failed to Close the Noose on Naca Bin Laden?
We knew where bin laden was. Why didn't we close noose? It's a complicated question, and i think that some of the simplistic answers that have been out there are short. There were over a dozen major external, internal factors that culminated in bin ladn's escape. The policy for the united states in afghanistan was never really decided upon clear, concise and coherent manner. President bush and secretary rumsfeld never got down into the details of what was going on at torabora. They never examined what general frank's approach to alcida was.
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