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Sunday, January 9, 2005

SEARCH FOR OSAMA
Let bin Laden=20 stay free,
says ex-No. 3 CIA man
Warns=20 capturing most wanted terrorist
could trigger new wave of = terror=20 attacks
Posted: January 9, 2005
1:00 a.m. = Eastern

=A9 2005 WorldNetDaily.com =

Three years after the attack on New York's World Trade Center, = the=20 manhunt for Osama bin Laden has failed to produce the world's most = wanted=20 terrorist, and, according to the former No. 3 man at the CIA, = that's just=20 fine.=20

Former Central Intelligence Agency executive, A.B. "Buzzy" = Krongard,=20 has told the London Times that letting the al-Qaida leader run = free may=20 actually make the world a safer place.=20

"You can make the argument that we're better off with him (at = large),"=20 Krongard said. "Because if something happens to bin Laden, you = might find=20 a lot of people vying for his position and demonstrating how macho = they=20 are by unleashing a stream of terror."=20

Krongard, former head of Alex. Brown & Co., a = Baltimore-based=20 investment bank, came to the CIA in 1998 as then Director George = Tenet's=20 counsel. He was appointed executive director of the CIA in March = 2001 by=20 President Bush. Krongard, 68, stepped down six weeks ago as the = agency's=20 third most senior executive following the appointment of Porter = Goss as=20 director.=20

Krongard sees bin Laden's role "not as a chief executive but = more like=20 a venture capitalist."=20

"Let's say you and I want to blow up Trafalgar Square," = Krongard says.=20 "So we go to bin Laden. And he'll say, 'Well, here's some money = and some=20 passports and if you need weapons, see this guy.' I don't see him = keeping=20 his fingers on everything because the lines of communications are = just too=20 difficult."=20

Krongard is the most senior official to date to publicly = question the=20 wisdom of capturing Osama. If his views are widely shared =96 and = the London=20 Times reports that other U.S. officials have privately said = pinning bin=20 Laden down on the Afghan-Pakistan border is preferable to making = him a=20 martyr or trying him =96 they represent a break with three years = of official=20 pronouncements about bringing him to justice.=20

The shift in thinking certainly reflects the difficulty the CIA = has had=20 getting inside Islamist groups. "There are hundreds and hundreds = of cells=20 =97 it's like a living, moving bit of protoplasm," Krongard = explains. "In=20 order to penetrate you not only have to be language-proficient, = you also=20 have to commit acts that exceed criminality. It's very hard."=20

Only this week the U.S. re-stated its desire to capture the = elusive bin=20 Laden and more than a dozen other al-Qaida figures by placing a = half page=20 ad in the Urdu daily "Jang" promising millions of dollars in = rewards. "All=20 the information would be kept secret," the U.S. Justice Department = advertisement promised.=20

Krongard continues. "He's turning into more of a charismatic = leader=20 than a terrorist mastermind. Some of his lieutenants are the ones = to worry=20 about."=20

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