http://cryptome.org/usss-hands/usss-hands.htm
i remember working downtown in a highrise near the Columbia Center when Bill Clinton visited that rich dudes club right by there. Since he was there for a couple of hours during the middle of the day we could look down and see snipers posted at various vantage points. They would seem to notice almost immediately if you where looking at them and would glass you with their binoculars to check you out. must be an interesting life...
could be wrong, but the gent might actually be looking for "current conditions" which , like ice found in a whiskey glass, is a little more ephemeral than info found in a guidebook
I agree that the main focus should be "what do we do now" and less on "what exactly happened and who was to blame for it" (though that is important as well).
I does appear to me that hanging on the words of OBL either way you look at it is bad policy. If he double dog dares us, who cares? And why the hell haven't we found that guy yet????
how about investing in a good american companies like halliburton and KBR.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2008/03/06/top_iraq_contractor_skirts_us_taxes_offshore/?page=1