May 04, 2005
He told National Public Radio in an interview broadcast on Monday and Tuesday that he stopped by the office of then-CIA counterterrorism director Cofer Black for final instructions.As we now know, the mafia-esque mission didn't succeed, but the notion of Osama's head in a duffle bag isn't the worst idea I've ever heard.He said he was told: "'your basic marching orders are to link up with the Northern Alliance and get their cooperation militarily and they will take on the Taliban.
"'When we break the Taliban, your job is to capture bin Laden, kill him and bring his head back in a box full of dry ice.'"
He said he told Black, '"Sir, those are the clearest orders I have ever received, I can certainly make pikes out in the field but I don't know what I'll do about dry ice to bring the head back but we will manage something."
Two different flicks come to mind: Joe Pesci's "8 Heads in a Duffel Bag," and the legendary Warren Oates flick "Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia."
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