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In civilian courts, full disclosure is required. In past trials, federal prosecutors disclosed bin Laden was a suspect and we were listening to his satellite phone calls. The calls stopped and Osama went to ground.
Full disclosure does not over ride our laws protecting classified/national security information.
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File the Bin Laden Phone Leak Under 'Urban Myths'
By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 22, 2005
President Bush asserted this week that the news media published a U.S. government leak in 1998 about Osama bin Laden's use of a satellite phone, alerting the al Qaeda leader to government monitoring and prompting him to abandon the device.
The story of the vicious leak that destroyed a valuable intelligence operation was first reported by a best-selling book, validated by the Sept. 11 commission and then repeated by the president.
But it appears to be an urban myth.
The al Qaeda leader's communication to aides via satellite phone had already been reported in 1996 -- and the source of the information was another government, the Taliban, which ruled Afghanistan at the time.
The second time a news organization reported on the satellite phone, the source was bin Laden himself.
Causal effects are hard to prove, but other factors could have persuaded bin Laden to turn off his satellite phone in August 1998. A day earlier, the United States had fired dozens of cruise missiles at his training camps, missing him by hours...........................................
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...AR2005122101994.html................................................Interested? See also:
http://www.truthdig.com/report..._sat_phone_20060110/http://www.rense.com/general21/noc.htmCivil Trials: These trials occurred far to late to have been involved in any leak resulting in the cessation of Bin Laden's cell phone use.
Richard Reed: The prosecutor proceeded to obtain a grand jury indictment and on January 16, 2002, Reid was charged with eight criminal counts related to his acts of terrorism, namely: attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, placing an explosive device on an aircraft, attempted murder, interference with flight crew members and attendants, attempted destruction of an aircraft, using a destructive device during and in relation to a crime of violence and attempted wrecking of a mass transportation vehicle.[2]
Reid pled guilty to all eight counts on October 4, 2002.[13] On January 31, 2003, he was sentenced by Judge William Young to life in prison with no possibility of parole with three life sentences to be served consecutively.[14] Eight fines of $250,000 each were also imposed.[14][15] During the sentencing hearing Reid stated that he was an enemy of the United States and in league with Al-Qaeda.[16] Though Reid proclaimed he was a soldier of Allah under the command of Osama Bin Laden, Judge Young declared:
'You are not an enemy combatant, you are a terrorist' ... 'You are not a soldier in any army, you are a terrorist. To call you a soldier gives you far too much stature.'[14] Wiki
Zacarias Moussaoui: was tried in 2006