But he made up a name for the courier and denied knowing al-Kuwaiti, a denial that was so adamant and unbelievable that the CIA took it as confirmation that he and Mohammed were protecting the courier. Under CIA interrogation, al-Libi admitted that when he was promoted to succeed Mohammed, he received the word through a courier. official said.įinally, in May 2005, al-Libi was captured. It was a key break in the hunt for bin Laden's personal courier. In particular, Ghul said, the courier was close to Faraj al-Libi, who replaced Mohammed as al-Qaida's operational commander. Ghul told the CIA that al-Kuwaiti was a courier, someone crucial to the terrorist organization. Then in 2004, top al-Qaida operative Hassan Ghul was captured in Iraq. 3 leader, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, he confirmed knowing al-Kuwaiti but denied he had anything to do with al-Qaida. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, detainees in the CIA's secret prison network told interrogators about an important courier with the nom de guerre Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti who was close to bin Laden. But if he wanted to get his messages out, somebody had to carry them, someone bin Laden trusted with his life.
He was too smart to let al-Qaida foot soldiers, or even his senior commanders, know his hideout. Inside the CIA team hunting bin Laden, it always was clear that bin Laden's vulnerability was his couriers. The violent final minutes were the culmination of years of intelligence work. intelligence to a walled compound in northeast Pakistan, where a team of Navy SEALs shot bin Laden to death. official, ended a years-long search for bin Laden's personal courier, the key break in a worldwide manhunt. That phone call, recounted Sunday by a U.S. pursuers to the doorstep of his boss, the world's most wanted terrorist. WASHINGTON, - When one of Osama bin Laden's most trusted aides picked up the phone last year, he unknowingly led U.S.
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