MTT (Marginal Theory Time): Ali

The buzz is that ‘Osama’ is in Iran now.

Representative Curt Weldon (R-PA), a terrorism expert by virtue of having authored the book, Countdown to Terror: The Top-Secret Information That Could Prevent the Next Terrorist Attack on America and How the CIA Has Ignored It, has told the CIA that an Iranian source for his book “Ali” reports that Bin Laden has traveled to Iran ‘repeatedly’.

“I gave the CIA hits [sic] over the past five months that he was there twice, and I also told them two years ago he was in a small town in a southern part of Iran called Ladiz, 10km inside the border with Pakistan in Baluchistan,” he said.

But the CIA isn’t so sure.

But Bill Murray, the former CIA station chief in Paris, told US newspapers he met four times with “Ali” in Paris and that the source’s information was not credible.

Weldon countered that he received a letter from the CIA last year which ended with: “We welcome further information from Ali.”

Ali is not a credible source.
We welcome further information from Ali.

This isn’t another case of “Curveball” developing, is it? Ali is not really credible in terms of the hunt for Bin Laden to bring him to justice, but, he may be useful when it comes time to “fixing the intelligence” for our next military political adventure in Iran.

Let’s just hope this isn’t the case, and that we are following all credible leads with the goal of capturing Bin Laden and bringing him to justice for his crimes.

‘Blockquotes’ above are from this article: Arab-muslim terrorist ‘in and out’ of Iran

More Bin Laden Buzz:
Osama may be in Iran, say US officials
Osama Bin Laden in Iran: US Newspaper
Has Osama bin Laden slipped into Iran?
Osama in Iran, not Pak: US officials

All of these accounts cite an article from the Washington Times, hence the grain of salt.
Some analysts suspect bin Laden slipped into Iran

Some within the U.S. intelligence community think Osama bin Laden is in eastern Iran, instead of the rugged tribal areas of Pakistan’s northwestern frontier, where most American officials think he is still on the run.

U.S. officials said in interviews that the Iran theory, which is held by a minority, is based on bits of intelligence information and the fact that months of CIA intelligence operations, along with search-and-destroy sweeps by thousands of Pakistani troops, have failed to find the al Qaeda leader or his No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri.

Asked whether the U.S. intelligence community thinks bin Laden may be in Iran, a senior administration official told The Washington Times, “Some people think he is.”

That source said there is great frustration, especially within the inner circle around Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, that bin Laden has not been caught or even unequivocally spotted in Pakistan’s border region. The frustration is fueling speculation that bin Laden may not be there after all.