OBL, terrorist mastermind, controling the destruction of the West from his camp in Afghanistan, outwitting the intelligence forces that the American taxpayer has probably spent billions on over the last three decades?

That's what we are supposed to believe.

Is that consistent with hiring a guy who is obviously bonkers? Who got caught well before 9/11? "I only want to learn to take-off, not land?"

Please!

Would any would-be 'mastermind' of anything hire the mr.M? Didn't M testify that he was working in tandem with that other genius, the 'shoe bomber'? It's truly pathetic that one dollar was wasted on this trial.,

Personally, I don't even think OBL was responsible, though, if I remember correctly, after initial denials, he took credit for it.

IMOP, "smoking OBL out of his hole, getting him on the run and bringing him to justice", would solve exactly zero of our problems.

Nonetheless, Bush promised the American people he would do it - and of course he didn't.

M was a convenient stand in.