“Saudi Arabia’s top security official [Prince Nayef] said this weekend [December 8, 2001] that he believed that militants other than Osama bin Laden stood at the helm of Al Qaeda, and he warned that the arrest or killing of Mr. bin Laden would not cripple the terrorist organization.”
– Douglas Jehl, “Saudi Minister Asserts That bin Laden Is a ‘Tool’ of Al Qaeda, Not Its Mastermind,” The New York Times, Dec. 10, 2001