Gary Bernsten
Events (12)
- 5:30 a.m., August 7, 1998: Bomber Arrested in Pakistan Four Hours before Embassy Bombings; US Officials Keep His Immediate Confession Secret for Over a Week 1998-08-07
- August 8-15, 1998: Bombing Informant Again Reveals Key Information 1998-08-08
- September 19, 2001: First CIA Agents Heading to Afghanistan Are Told ‘Gloves Are Off’ and to Bring Back Bin Laden’s ‘Head in a Box’ 2001-09-19
- (November 7, 2001): CIA Chief Names Four Most Wanted in Afghanistan 2001-11-07
- November 26, 2001: US Marines Land in Kandahar instead of Tora Bora 2001-11-26
- December 9, 2001: CIA’s Bin Laden Unit Boss Becomes New Chief of CIA’s Kabul Station During Tora Bora Battle 2001-12-09
- March 2000: US Team Plans to Capture Al-Qaeda Leader in Afghanistan, but Mission Is Aborted
- May 2002: Latin American Specialist Appointed Head of CIA Counterterrorism
- Late September-November 2001: Pakistani ISI Aids Taliban Against US, While Simultaneously Supposedly Helping US Fight Taliban
- October 2004: Presidential Candidates Debate Tora Bora Battle; Evidence Supports Kerry’s Position
- Late October-Early December 2001: Gen. Franks Ignores CIA Request to Deploy Unused US Troops to Get Bin Laden
- Winter 1999-March 2000: US Intelligence Installs Listening Posts in Afghanistan But Makes Little Use of Intelligence Gained