Creative Speculation

...shit.

> You seem to be claiming that authoritative estimates are untrue that al Qaeda received tens of billions of dollars in CIA funding over the years.

Yep, that's exactly what I'm claiming. Please explain what these "authoritative estimates" are based on when there is not a shred of evidence that the CIA ever supported al-Qaeda or OBL.

But in your typically hypocritical style, after insulting my "baseless and unsubstantiated opinions" and my knowledge of our involvement with Afghanistan, you demonstrate that you don't even know the difference between the Afghan mujahiddin and al-Qaeda, much less which we supported and how:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA%E2%80%93al-Qaeda_controversy

Edmonds' claim that OBL was "employed by US intelligence right up until 9/11" has zero credibility except in Trutherland, which lies just beyond Fantasyland.