In 2005, head of German intelligence, August Hanning, said “his agency learned that Bin Laden had been able to elude capture at Tora Bora [Afghanistan, in December 2001] by paying ‘a lot of money’ to the very same militias of the Afghan warlords to whom the United States had delegated…the task of capturing him, and they allowed his safe passage into Pakistan.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Page 216