Not Wanted Dead Or Alive Too Much Anymore

Mark Mazetti for the NY Times reports that the CIA has shut down a unit that for a decade had the mission of hunting Osama bin Laden. --- From WH transcript of remarks Bush made September 17, 2001: Q Do you want bin Laden dead? THE PRESIDENT: I want justice. There's an old poster out west, as I recall, that said, "Wanted: Dead or Alive." Q Do you see this being long-term? You were saying it's long-term, do you see an end, at all? THE PRESIDENT: I think that this is a long-term battle, war. There will be battles. But this is long-term. After all, our mission is not just Osama bin Laden, the al Qaeda organization. Our mission is to battle terrorism and to join with freedom loving people. We are putting together a coalition that is a coalition dedicated to declaring to the world we will do what it takes to find the terrorists, to rout them out and to hold them accountable. And the United States is proud to lead the coalition. Q Are you saying you want him dead or alive, sir? Can I interpret -- THE PRESIDENT: I just remember, all I'm doing is remembering when I was a kid I remember that they used to put out there in the old west, a wanted poster. It said: "Wanted, Dead or Alive." All I want and America wants him brought to justice. That's what we want.