Scheuer: Townsend Wrong – Osama Still a Threat - NewsMax.com
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 9:16 PM
By: Dave Eberhart, NewsMax
The former head of the CIA unit responsible for hunting down Osama bin Laden says the terror leader made a “very overt threat” in his recent video appearance and suggests President Bush’s chief terror adviser was “malevolent” for dismissing the risk.
Michael Scheuer, author of “Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror” and a 22-year CIA veteran, was singled out by bin Laden in his video message.
Scheuer tells NewsMax he was startled by reaction in the press that the recent bin Laden tape offered “no overt threat.”
In fact, Scheuer says, bin Laden made a “very overt threat.”
“He says basically our job will be to keep killing you and killing you faster if you don’t convert to Islam,” Scheuer recounted, adding, “If that’s not a threat I don’t know what is.”
Scheuer believes bin Laden “is an extraordinarily dangerous man for a couple of reasons. First, he commands an organization which is 20 years old, which NIE [National Intelligence Estimate] this summer I think accurately said is still in business and still very dangerous.
“The second reason is he is obviously succeeding in what has always been his primary goal, which is not military action, but instigating other Muslims to jihad.”Click Here to Read Full Article
