TORA BORA REVISITED: HOW WE FAILED TO GET BIN LADEN AND WHY IT ...

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TORA BORA REVISITED: HOW WE FAILED TO GET BIN LADEN AND WHY IT ...

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TORA BORA REVISITED: HOW WE FAILED TO GET BIN LADEN AND WHY IT MATTERS TODAY

A Report To Members

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COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE

John F. Kerry, Chairman

O NE H UNDRED E LEVENTH C ONGRESS F IRST S ESSION

N OVEMBER 30, 2009

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COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

JOHN F. KERRY, Massachusetts,Chairman CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut RICHARD G. LUGAR, Indiana RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin BOB CORKER, Tennessee BARBARA BOXER, California JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland JIM D E MINT, South Carolina ROBERT P. CASEY, J R ., Pennsylvania JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming JIM WEBB, Virginia ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire JAMES M. INHOF, Oklahoma EDWARD E. KAUFMAN, Delaware KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York D AVID M C Kean,Staff Director K ENNETH A. M YERS , J R .,Republican Staff Director

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C O N T E N T S

Letter of Transmittal ........................................................................................... Executive Summary ............................................................................................. 1. Flight to Tora Bora .......................................................................................... The Sheikh Arrives .......................................................................................... Other Voices, Same Conclusion ....................................................................... ‘‘A Controversial Fight’’ .................................................................................... 2. The Afghan Model: A Flawed Masterpiece or Just Flawed? ........................ A Shift in Attention and Resources ................................................................ ‘‘We’re Going to Lose Our Prey’’ ...................................................................... Flight from Tora Bora ...................................................................................... 3. An Alternative Plan ......................................................................................... Troops Were Ready to Go ................................................................................ The Price of Failure .......................................................................................... Endnotes ...............................................................................................................

A PPENDIXES Appendix I.—‘‘A Flawed Masterpiece,’’ Michael E. O’Hanlon,Foreign Affairs, March/April 2002 ................................................................................................. Appendix II.—United States Special Operations Command History, 6th Edi tion ........................................................................................................................

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