Without the connotation good or bad, bin Laden's a great man in the sense that he's influenced the course of history.
From Michael Scheuer
Our leaders continue to say that we're making strong headway against this problem. And I think we are not.
The uniqueness of the unit was more or less that it was focused on a single individual. It was really the first time the agency had done that sort of effort.
Where he was, where his cells were, where his logistical channels were, how he communicated. Who his allies were. Who donated to them. I think it's fair to say the entire range of sources were brought to bear.
The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been OK in my book.
You couldn't have done this without killing an Arab prince.
Sister Virginia used to say, 'You'll be known by the company you keep.'
'The war in Iraq - if Osama was a Christian - it's the Christmas present he never would have expected.
No one wants to abandon the Israelis. But I think the perception is, and I think it's probably an accurate perception, that the tail is leading the dog - that we are giving the Israelis carte blanche ability to exercise whatever they want to do in their area.
And if that's what the American people want, then that's what the policy should be, of course. But the idea that anything in the United States is too sensitive to discuss or too dangerous to discuss is really, I think, absurd.
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