This is the one thing that's bugging me a lot about this whole America-at-war thing.... I keep hearing that the Taliban will hand over OBL if we show evidence that he's responsible for the attack on 911. At this point, the US is SOOO sure that it's OBL, why don't we give them the freakin evidence, or at least what we've got? Anyone have an insight into this, cause it's maddening that no news reports/articles seem to address this.

BTW, I dunno if this qualifies as politics but if it does, then don't reply. I just am dying to know the answer to this question if anyone knows. THanks!

 

The Taliban is full of it. I saw on CNN, that we told them we'll give them all the evidence they'll need by weeks end. And their response is now Bin Laden is now missing and they have no idea where he is. One way or another we'll have to go after them and him... Just my opinion.

 

Probably because what we call evidence will be denied by the taliban as speculation, etc..

 

Simple: if we provide details of what we know and how we found out, they will know who gave us the information (say goodbye current and future informants), what technology we used to get the information (the reason why OBL no longer uses a satellite phone), and how to ensure that we don't learn anything next time.

Besides, does anyone believe that the Taliban's handpicked religious court would actually convict anyone, even if the evidence were air-tight? I am sure that our evidence is very convincing, but that doesn't mean that it is detailed enough for even a fair court of law.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tanqueray
[B]Simple: if we provide details of what we know and how we found out, they will know who gave us the information (say goodbye current and future informants), what technology we used to get the information (the reason why OBL no longer uses a satellite phone), and how to ensure that

 

Regardless of what we send over, I don't see how any evidence we have could change the minds of anybody who believes OBL should be left alone.

That doesn't matter to me, actually. We've repeatedly stated we're going after all international terrorists. OBL is going down, period, doesn't matter what his involvement was.

 

Awesome, thanks guys!

 

Also, we gave them an ultimatum to hand over OBL. In W.'s speech he said it is not open to discussion. Hand him over or suffer the same fate. You can't negotiate with these wackjobs, all they understand is force.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tanqueray
[B]Simple: if we provide details of what we know and how we found out, they will know who gave us the information (say goodbye current and future informants), what technology we used to get the information (the reason why OBL no longer uses a satellite phone), and how to ensure that

 

U.S. readying to present proof against bin Laden

September 24, 2001


By Andrea Koppel and Elise Labott
CNN Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush administration plans to offer proof this week that Osama bin Laden was behind the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, State Department officials and diplomatic sources tell CNN.

Sources said Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz will meet Thursday with NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Belgium, where he will lay out evidence linking bin Laden and his al Qaeda network to the attacks.

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that the United States would soon be able to publish a report explaining bin Laden's connection to the September 11 terrorist acts.

The defense ministers had been scheduled to meet September 30 in Naples, Italy, but the meeting date was moved up, said officials.

"Even if countries are willing to help, they need proof," one State Department official said. The meeting is part of the Bush administration's "public diplomacy" to gather support for an international coalition against terrorism, the official said.

Senior administration officials said they are sorting through intelligence they have collected to make sure "methods and sources" are not compromised when the United States releases the information to the public.