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| CIA disbands bin Laden hunt unit |
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| www.chinaview.cn
2006-07-05 08:44:39
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 BEIJING, July 5 (Xinhuanet) -- The CIA has disbanded a unit set
up to hunt for Osama bin Laden and reassigned its agents in what
intelligence officials described as a recognition of the changing nature of
al-Qaida, a U.S. intelligence official said on Tuesday.
The bin Laden unit, codenamed Alec Station, became less
valuable as the movement's focus shifted more to regional networks of militants,
said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Alec Station was established in 1996 after bin Laden's
initial calls for global jihad, and employed about two dozen people. Its members
have been transferred to broader operations that track Islamist militant groups.
"Al Qaeda is no longer the hierarchical organization that
it was before 9-11. Three-quarters of its senior leaders have been killed or
captured," said the official.
CIA officials said that tracking bin Laden and his
deputies remained a high priority and that the decision to disband the unit was
not a sign that efforts to do so were being reduced.
Instead, the officials said, it reflected a belief that
the agency could better deal with high-level threats by focusing on regions
rather than specific organisations or individuals.
The New York Times reported on Tuesday that the bin Laden
unit was disbanded late last year and quoted its first director, Michael
Scheuer, as predicting the move would harm the CIA's efforts to find bin Laden.
Bin Laden and his second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, are
believed hiding in the mountains along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Enditem
(Agencies)
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