WH taps Commander who failed to get UBL as State Dept's coordinator for counterterrorism

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/17/AR2007041701769_2.html

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Catching up . . . the White House has tapped Lt. Gen. Dell L. Dailey, long a major player in the "black" world of special operations, to be the State Department's coordinator for counterterrorism. He directed the special-ops effort in the Afghan war and was in charge of the SOCOM, the special operations command in Tampa.

Dailey joins a growing number of former military folks now in intelligence operations -- such as CIA chief Michael Hayden and Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell.

http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/12/29/153133/55

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The key news from Gary's book is that we had Bin Laden in our sights but Tommy Franks and JSOC Commander, Dell Dailey, dilly dallied and did not deploy U.S. troops requested by Berntsen to the battle at Tora Bora. We could of had him; we should of had him; but we let Bin Laden get away.