03/17/04: Post by Tom Ridge
Posted by: BLOWBACK
Taken for a RideAn indicted crack-dealing informant told the FBI he could lead agents to bin Laden. Guess what happened next?NewsweekET March 10, 2004March 10 - In the frantic months after September 11, Justice Department prosecutors arranged to release an indicted Detroit crack dealer after the man claimed he could help the FBI locate a higher priority target: Osama bin Laden.But once the accused trafficker, Nageeb Al-Haidari, was free, he allegedly continued to deal drugsand then fled the country without providing any useful information about the Al Qaeda leader, federal law-enforcement sources tell NEWSWEEK. Hes a fugitive, says Michael Liebson, the assistant U.S. attorney in Detroit who had originally overseen Al-Haidaris case when asked this week about the accused crack dealers status. I have no idea of his whereabouts.Full story:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4499817/