Robert Gates: ‘It’s Been Years’ Since Good Intel On Osama Bin Laden

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by Joe Coscarelli | 12:29 pm, December 6th, 2009

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Sunday on This Week with George Stephanopoulus, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was asked point blank about the location of Osama bin Laden, and his answer was far from encouraging. “Well, we don’t know for a fact where Osama bin Laden is. If we did, we’d go get him,” said Secretary Gates.

“What was the last time we had any good intelligence on where he was?” asked Stephanopoulus. “I think it’s been years,” said Gates.

You can read the transcript of the exchange below and we will update with the video clip as soon as it’s available. For now, you can see the clip at ABC News.

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: “The Pakistani Prime Minister shrugged off any concerns about that this week, about whether or not he’d done enough to go after Osama bin Laden. He said he doesn’t believe Osama is in Pakistan. Is he right and do you think the Pakistanis have done enough to get him?”

DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES: “Well, we don’t know for a fact where Osama bin Laden is. If we did, we’d go get him.”

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: “What was the last time we had any good intelligence on where he was?”

DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES: “I think it’s been years.”

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: “Years?”

DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES: “I think so.”

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: “So these reports that came out just this week about a detainee saying he might have seen him in Afghanistan earlier this year, we can’t confirm that?”

DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES: “No.” (via)

Nachi

Our Intel has always been lousy. Americans do not learn foreign languages, cultures, etc. The “hunt for OBL” is laughable & meaningless. He’ll never be taken alive. Would you?? He’s little more than a token which alcoholic BushDrunk & his fellow-criminals used to inflame an ignorant nation. And if the SOB IS killed – so what?? There are a thousand who will take his place. It will be no “victory.”
dammy

“Well, we don’t know for a fact where Osama bin Laden is. If we did, we’d go get him,” said Secretary Gates.
I’m not sure Osama can be seen again….
http://9jakonnect.com/international-updates/
TfT

OBL is dead, is my guess. He hasn’t been seen on video in years. The more interesting aspect of all these National Security folks talking on Sunday shows was the explanation of Obama’s West Point speech and the continuous claims now that July 2011 is NOT an exit date.