Kill, capture, whatever the government wanted to do. And the chances kept coming. In May of 1999, U.S. intelligence services had a credible lead that bin Laden was at his compound near Kandahar, Afghanistan. Officials in both the US military and the CIA agreed this was the best opportunity they could hope for to kill bin Laden. They had at least three opportunities to strike, but they never did. Somebody got wet feet. Shawyer was removed from his role running alex station in 1999. (15:01–15:09)
CLAIM
Asserts that US military and CIA officials agreed on a prime opportunity to kill bin Laden.
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