CIA Spokesman Bill Harlow
Statement Denying CIA Involvement with Usama bin Laden
Washington, D.C.
October 5, 2001
Numerous comments in the media recently have reiterated a widely circulated but incorrect notion that the CIA once had a relationship with Usama Bin Ladin. For the record, you should know that the CIA never employed, paid, or maintained any relationship whatsoever with Bin Ladin.

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