‘I was scared and angry’: Bill Clinton reveals CIA abandoned pre-9/11 plan to take out Bin Laden
- Former US President Bill ClintonFormer US President Bill Clinton has revealed that the CIA abandoned a plan to take out Osama bin Laden before the September 11 attacks because officials feared civilians could be killed if the operation failed.
- Speaking on WABC's “Cats Roundtable” with host John Catsimatidis on Sunday, Clinton said he had authorised the CIA to target the al Qaeda leader and would have preferred to see him captured alive, although stopping him was the priority.
- Clinton said he was “scared” and angry when the agency called off the operation, which he believed could have succeeded.
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- Former US President Bill ClintonFormer US President Bill Clinton has revealed that the CIA abandoned a plan to take out Osama bin Laden before the September 11 attacks because officials feared civilians could be killed if the operation failed.
- Speaking on WABC's “Cats Roundtable” with host John Catsimatidis on Sunday, Clinton said he had authorised the CIA to target the al Qaeda leader and would have preferred to see him captured alive, although stopping him was the priority.
- Clinton said he was “scared” and angry when the agency called off the operation, which he believed could have succeeded.
Sources: Times of India