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I find it very interesting that only Petraeus worried him enough to be listed by name.

 

 

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Petraeus Named in Bin Laden Documents

By SIOBHAN GORMAN

WASHINGTON–Gen. David Petraeus, the president's nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, was the only person Osama bin Laden targeted by name in materials seized in the raid that killed the al Qaeda leader last month.

Gen. Petraeus was "the only named person" in documents that Navy SEALS took from the bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr said Thursday at the general's Senate confirmation hearing.

The senator, a member of the intelligence committee, didn't say whether the bin Laden documents specified that al Qaeda had a plan to try to kill Gen. Petraeus. But Mr. Burr suggested the general would be wise to bring a security detail with him to Langley.

"There will be agency-provided security," Gen. Petraeus responded.

Members of the intelligence committee were briefed on classified details of the raid. An aide to Sen. Burr said that while Gen. Petraeus, who now commands all allied forces in Afghanistan, was the only official mentioned by name in the bin Laden cache, others, including the president, were mentioned by title.

The hearing covered a variety of CIA-related topics, from drone strikes to Afghanistan to questions about detainees. Gen. Petraeus said the U.S. should develop plans to address the interrogation of a detainee with information on an imminent threat and where detainees will be held if the prison at Guantanamo Bay is closed.

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