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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Edwin Meese, a head of a commission investigating FBI counterterrorism efforts, says the panel will examine revelations about a human asset in direct contact with Osama bin Laden in the early 1990s. One of the panel's mandates, he said, is to dig into "what evidence wasn't known to the 9/11 Commission." (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Members of a special panel examining the FBI’s counterterrorism efforts over the past decade say they will “push hard” for an answer to why the bureau has never revealed information about a human asset it reportedly had in direct contact with al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden during the early 1990s.
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Leaders of the panel, established by a congressional mandate in January, told lawmakers Wednesday that their work over the coming year will center on analyzing successes and failures of the FBI’s counterterrorism policies since the 2004 publication of the official 9/11 Commission report, along with recommendations.