14 September 2026

Bill Clinton reveals why the CIA told him not to take out bin Laden before 9/11

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I wish we had done even more to get him. I always thought he was our biggest threat … I wanted to get him, and I did what I could to do that,” Clinton told host John Catsimatidis.

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