Comments on: CIA Agent Ordered to Bring Home bin Laden’s Head on Dry Ice

By: Jeff H

Jeff H — Wed, 04 May 2005 20:45:07 +0000

Sounds like the guy could've pulled a block of dry ice out of his own ass.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 04 May 2005 19:47:37 +0000

Probably not true...but it ought to be!

By: Kent

Kent — Wed, 04 May 2005 17:00:40 +0000

I find it perfectly believable that Black told Schroen to "bring his head back in a box full of dry ice." It's the kind of hyperbole I'd expect a bureaucrat to use when he wants to sound tough. What is harder to believe is that Schroen failed to understand that it was hyperbole.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Wed, 04 May 2005 13:26:43 +0000

Funny, I was told to use liquid nitrogen.

Oops, I shouldn't have "disclosed" that, should I?

By: hubs and spokes

hubs and spokes — Wed, 04 May 2005 13:09:31 +0000

"...your job is to capture bin Laden, kill him and bring his head back in a box full of dry ice."? I've got no problem with that....

By: Ramblings' Journal

Ramblings' Journal — Wed, 04 May 2005 12:04:24 +0000

"Bring me the head of Osama Bin Laden"
Right after 9/11, former CIA officer Gary Schroen was sent to Afghanistan to help the Northern Alliance in their fight against the Taliban, who was harboring Osama Bin Laden.He told National Public Radio in an interview broadcast on Monday and...