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...separate tracks are carefully interwoven: U.S. officials tell TIME that their immediate plan is to scare bin Laden and his aides out of hiding; gather as much intelligence as possible about their whereabouts; deploy commandos in and around Afghanistan to strike quickly if bin Laden can be found; and reassure Muslim leaders constantly that American war aims are limited. And as the President said Saturday, "Full warning has been given, and time is running...
...were either dismayed or disgusted by the promise of a U.S. military response, posed an enormous problem for American policymakers from the start and led President Bush to feather his engines longer than he had planned. There seemed little reason to launch any kind of military action against bin Laden's adopted homeland if it was only sure to split Bush's coalition, deepen foreign resentment of the U.S.--and leave bin Laden at large. And so Bush realized that while he was making war on Afghanistan, he had to make love to it as well...
WHAT THEY CAN'T DO: Can't spot faces, so they're not particularly useful for finding Osama bin Laden...
...dirty" teams work faster, less concerned with legal finery and more intent on making a quick, persuasive case to the world that the attacks are the handiwork of Osama bin Laden. On this track, the CIA and other nations' intelligence agents use informants who aren't necessarily thuggish or unreliable but who could never appear in court; to do so would risk revealing their sources. That's why, as one CIA veteran puts it, "we only do dirty...
...matter. The source of the information doesn't matter to most people, who simply want to know if bin Laden did it. No significant military action can begin until American allies--particularly in the Middle East--can assure their citizens that bin Laden is the man responsible for Sept...