CIA shuts down secret unit that hunted for bin Laden

The CIA has closed down a secret unit that for a decade had the mission of hunting Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants, intelligence officials said Monday.

The terrorist tracking unit, known inside the spy agency as "Alec station," was disbanded late last year and its analysts reassigned to other offices within the CIA's Counterterrorist Center, the officials said.

Full Article, SF Chronicle, July 4, 2006

Thus implicitly admitting what became obvious with Tora Bora, the children won't be so suckered, er, terrified, if the boogeyman is actually caught.

TLC