Sunday, August 04, 2002

The eggman has a Time scoop.




It's about how Bush shelved Clinton administration plan to get Al Qaeda for about one two many months.

This is key:


Submarines were ready to attack bin Laden: For all of 2000, Clinton ordered two U.S. Navy submarines to stay on station in the northern Arabian sea, ready to attack bin Laden if his coordinates could be determined, sources tell TIME.


If I remember correctly, those submarines were ordered to stand down when Bush took office.

coo coo ca choo.

Actually, from my quick scan most of this isn't actually new. It's come out in drips and drabs in foreign papers.

I get tired of reading these big scoops and going "but we already knew that!"