The claim that he had him in his sights 10 times seems spectacular – but to me this is really more of a limited hangout as it supports the official conspiracy theory.

By the government’s own admission, Bin Laden was a CIA asset code named Tim Osman. Scheuer’s claim that they (the CIA) “We were aware of him but he absolutely refused to talk to us…” is easily disprovable bullshit.

Meanwhile, is the Telegraph merely incurious or are they in on it? Did it really not occur to them to ask “Why do you think your superiors prevented you from pulling the trigger?”, “Are you aware of other instances of the CIA protecting Osama?” and “Why are you just now coming out about this?”.

The truth is, once you are CIA, you are always CIA. Scheuer is just doing his part to protect his employer.

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