The CIA's scrambling to keep a book on Osama bin Laden off store shelves. Former CIA agent Gary Berntsen wrote it. It tells how bin Laden managed to escape from his Tora Bora hideout as American forces fought toward him in Afghanistan.
Mr Berntsen resigned from the Agency to tell the story. He describes how he coordinated attacks at the peak of the fighting in Afghanstan.
He also details how US commanders knew bin Laden was hiding in the mountains on Pakistan's borders. During the 2004 Presidential Campaign, President Bush repeatedly said US commanders never knew bin Laden was there.
Mr Berntsen has filed a federal lawsuit charging the CIA is "over-classifying" his book and that the story he tells does not threaten national security. (USAToday)
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