From Vanni Fucci's link about Tim Osman being the CIA's name for Osama bin Laden:
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The other man, dressed in Docker's clothing, was not a native Afghan any more than Olberg was. He was a 27-year-old Saudi. Tim Osman (Ossman) has recently become better known as Osama Bin Ladin. "Tim Osman" was the name assigned to him by the CIA for his tour of the U.S. and U.S. military bases, in search of political support and armaments.
Gunderson and Riconosciuto were not on an altruistic mission. They had some conditions for their help. And they had some bad news to deliver. The mujahadeen needed to be willing to test new weapons in the field and to return a research report, complete with photos.
The bad news was that some factions of the CIA didn't feel that Oldberg and Osman's group were the real representatives of the Afghans. Upon hearing this both Tim and Ralph were indignant. They wanted to mount a full-court press. Round up other members of their group and do a congressional and White House lobbying effort in Washington, D.C.
"Pleased to meet you. Hope you guess my name."
—The Rolling Stones, Sympathy for the Devil
Did the lobbying effort take place? I don't know. There is some evidence that Tim Osman and Ralph Oldberg visited the White House. There is certainty that Tim Osman toured some U.S. military bases, even receiving special demonstrations of the latest equipment. Why hasn't this been reported in the major media?
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The major media has reported this on the back pages and not necessarily because they are kind to the Bush administration but because of many other matters regarding the attention span of the average news cycle.
Not much of the media in the US is all that favorable to the Bush administration, contrary to the view of outsiders.
But that was an excellent report.
Interesting how it analyzes the hesitations of the CIA and their doubts on this guy.
Still, there was involvement as has always been reported forever by the media.
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The other man, dressed in Docker's clothing, was not a native Afghan any more than Olberg was. He was a 27-year-old Saudi. Tim Osman (Ossman) has recently become better known as Osama Bin Ladin. "Tim Osman" was the name assigned to him by the CIA for his tour of the U.S. and U.S. military bases, in search of political support and armaments.
Gunderson and Riconosciuto were not on an altruistic mission. They had some conditions for their help. And they had some bad news to deliver. The mujahadeen needed to be willing to test new weapons in the field and to return a research report, complete with photos.
The bad news was that some factions of the CIA didn't feel that Oldberg and Osman's group were the real representatives of the Afghans. Upon hearing this both Tim and Ralph were indignant. They wanted to mount a full-court press. Round up other members of their group and do a congressional and White House lobbying effort in Washington, D.C.
"Pleased to meet you. Hope you guess my name."
—The Rolling Stones, Sympathy for the Devil
Did the lobbying effort take place? I don't know. There is some evidence that Tim Osman and Ralph Oldberg visited the White House. There is certainty that Tim Osman toured some U.S. military bases, even receiving special demonstrations of the latest equipment. Why hasn't this been reported in the major media?
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end of quote.
The major media has reported this on the back pages and not necessarily because they are kind to the Bush administration but because of many other matters regarding the attention span of the average news cycle.
Not much of the media in the US is all that favorable to the Bush administration, contrary to the view of outsiders.
But that was an excellent report.
Interesting how it analyzes the hesitations of the CIA and their doubts on this guy.
Still, there was involvement as has always been reported forever by the media.
