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CIA Employee of the Month Update


© Matt Bors

I haven’t seen much mention in the US media about how Osama bin Laden used to be on the CIA payroll.

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  1. Phersu wrote:

    It is still controversial: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_%E2%80%93_Osama_bin_Laden_controversy#Scholarly_and_accepted_view

    The Talebans were supported by the CIA but we have no official proof that Bin Laden was supported too. He gave money to the mujaheedins but may not have received anything from the CIA (except maybe some training?).

    Monday, May 9, 2011 at 1:39 am | Permalink
  2. Patricia wrote:

    Wikipedia is not your best source — do you have another? This has been discussed many times.

    Monday, May 9, 2011 at 5:39 pm | Permalink