Back in 1999, former CIA director George Tenet ordered CIA operatives to infiltrate the Al Qaeda network to find out information about its leader, Osama bin Laden. In the next three years, the CIA penetrated the network numerous times, but never at a high level, former counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke testified in June 2002. The information received "was never timely," Clarke said. For a good quick analysis by political writer Joe Conason, click here . Then check out the declassified Clarke testimony. SEE THE DOCUMENT
