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Latest bin Laden message strains credulity

By Kate Evans-Taylor

By Kate Evans-Taylor, Analyst 26 March 2010: Yesterday, al Jazeera released a 74-second audio message purportedly of Osama bin Laden that threatens to kill any Americans captured by al Qaeda if the U.S. executes Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or other al Qaeda suspects currently in U.S. custody.  News reports state that the latest message is being reviewed by U.S. officials to determine whether it is, in fact, the voice of Osama bin Laden. I believe I can speak with some experience that U.S. intelligence officials will authenticate the message, while intelligence officials in the UK and other European countries continue to privately dismiss such authentications. I?ve worked with intelligence officials in Great Britain who have analyzed numerous messages allegedly made by Osama bin Laden since December 2001...continue to full post

Full post as published by Northeast Intelligence Network on March 26, 2010 (boomark / email).