By David S. Cloud and Brian Bennett / Tribune Washington Bureau Thursday, February 17, 2011~
WASHINGTON — If the U.S. captured Osama bin Laden or other senior al-Qaida leaders, they would be probably be imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, CIA Director Leon Panetta said in his first public acknowledgment that the controversial U.S. military prison in Cuba might be used to hold future detainees. ~ Bin Laden and al-Qaida No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, both of whom are believed to be hiding in Pakistan, would likely be moved quickly to the U.S. airbase at Bagram, Afghanistan, for questioning and eventually moved, "probably to Guantanamo," Panetta told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday. ~ Most U.S. officials consider it unlikely that bin Laden or al-Zawahiri will be captured alive, but Panetta’s comments appeared to describe a scenario the administration is considering in the event they or other senior al-Qaida leaders are taken into custody. ~
~http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/general/view/20110216cia_chief_hints_that_guantanamo_prison_might_stay_open/
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~http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/16/2070857/close-camps-cia-chief-would-ship.html
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~http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_17408414?source=rss
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~http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/9122538/
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~http://www.statesman.com/news/world/cia-chief-if-captured-bin-laden-would-go-1260428.html
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~https://www.cia.gov/
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda
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