From Reuters, 9/7/06:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N06251150.htm
Bush says catching bin Laden still matters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
President George W. Bush on Wednesday said capturing al Qaeda leader
Osama bin Laden, who has eluded a U.S. manhunt since the Sept. 11
attacks five years ago, still mattered.
"He's hiding. And we're on the hunt, obviously," Bush said in an
interview with Katie Couric of CBS News before his speech announcing
that 14 high-level terrorism suspects had been transferred from secret
CIA custody to the Defense Department's facility at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba.
"Of course. It matters. He's, he's the head of al Qaeda," Bush said.
"But one thing is for certain, though, he's, he's not moving like he
used to. Another thing is ... he's, you know, not communicating like
he used to."
The hunt continues for bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahri, as
well as others, Bush said.
"And we'll get him. It's just a matter of time. We've got a unit in
the CIA who is spending a lot of time thinking about these high-value
targets," he said.
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"So I don't know where he (Bin Ladin) is. I just don't spend that much
time on him...to be honest with you."
George W. Bush, before 2004 election
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