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  • This week the Associated Press reported that the name of bin Laden's courier may have come from CIA interrogations of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Abu Faraj al-Libi, who received "harsh" interrogation at CIA prisons in Poland and Romania.

    Eric Holder's bin Laden Moment Daniel Henninger 2011

  • Some news reports have quoted U.S. officials as saying "Jackpot" was the name for bin Laden, and "Geronimo" was code for the mission itself or the term used to signal that the mission had succeeded.

    'Geronimo' Code Name for bin Laden Mission Upsets Native Americans 2011

  • He is sometimes referred to as bin Laden's chief executive officer and was implicated as the key contact for several terrorist cells operating out of Western Europe and the Balkans in the 1990s.

    Who's The Mastermind? 2007

  • What about -- so the name bin Laden, the name al Qaeda was known in the intelligence community under the Clinton administration, was talked about?

    CNN Transcript Sep 25, 2006 2006

  • In the short term bin Laden’s death would likely trigger violent anti-American attacks around the globe, while in the medium term his death would be a serious blow to al-Qaeda, the formal organization, since bin Laden’s charisma played a critical role in the success of his group.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • In the short term bin Laden’s death would likely trigger violent anti-American attacks around the globe, while in the medium term his death would be a serious blow to al-Qaeda, the formal organization, since bin Laden’s charisma played a critical role in the success of his group.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • In the short term bin Laden’s death would likely trigger violent anti-American attacks around the globe, while in the medium term his death would be a serious blow to al-Qaeda, the formal organization, since bin Laden’s charisma played a critical role in the success of his group.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • In the short term bin Laden’s death would likely trigger violent anti-American attacks around the globe, while in the medium term his death would be a serious blow to al-Qaeda, the formal organization, since bin Laden’s charisma played a critical role in the success of his group.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • "taking our eye off of Osama bin Laden," Obama has uttered the name bin Laden only four times.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • This was many years before the name of bin Laden’s terrorist group became public and was a term that was then unknown even to many of the foot soldiers in his training camps.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

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