CIA Shuts bin Laden Unit…

NY Times MARK MAZZETTI July 4, 2006 at 08:57 AM
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The Central Intelligence Agency has closed a unit that for a decade had the mission of hunting Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants, intelligence officials confirmed Monday.

The unit, known as Alec Station, was disbanded late last year and its analysts reassigned within the C.I.A. Counterterrorist Center, the officials said.

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