Note to Cheney: To Capture Bin Laden, Close Doesn't Count

[JABBS]

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Q Let's talk about Porter Goss, the CIA Director. He says he has an excellent idea where Osama bin Laden is hiding out. Do you?

VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: We've got a pretty good idea of a general area that he's in, but I -- I don't have the street address.

Q What is the general area?

CHENEY: I don't talk -- I don't -- I don't --

Q It's been widely reported to be somewhere along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

CHENEY: I don't talk about intelligence matters like that.

Q But it's -- but it's not Iran because some -- like --

CHENEY: I'm -- I --

Q -- well, the vice chairman of the House Armed Services --

CHENEY: Wolf, I don't talk about -- I don't talk about classified information.

Q So you don't want to get into that?

CHENEY: Correct.

Q Osama bin Laden. But any assessment of -- is he going to be found soon, not so soon, any idea
when?

CHENEY: What, do you expect me to say three weeks from next Tuesday? (Laughter.)


-- From June 23 interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer

[Vickers]

1. "I don't talk about classified information."

"On the record of course, and certainly not to you, but maybe to Bob Novak."

:eyes:

[Independent_Liberal]

2. Yep, pretty close...

Not close enough!