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Michael Scheuer, described in 2006 by the Washington Times as " a 22-year veteran with the CIA, created and served as the chief of the agency ’ s Osama bin Laden unit at the Counterterrorist Center.

" called O ' Neill and Richard Clarke the " two principal authors of September 11 ".

This statement he bases on the refusal of Clarke and O ' Neill to agree to his offers to have bin Laden assassinated.

Scheuer said of " O ' Neill, little needs to be said.

In my own experience, was interested only in furthering his career and disguising the rank incompetence of senior FBI leaders.

He once told me that he and the FBI would oppose an operation to capture bin Laden and take him to a third country for incarceration.

When I asked why, he replied, ' Why should the FBI help to capture bin Laden if the bureau won't get credit among Americans for his arrest and conviction '?