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To: Thomas M. who wrote (5110)	9/28/2001 12:39:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 23908

Oh, you mean talking heads. Not government officials. Powell said we have the evidence but we are not going to release it for security reasons.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (5110)	9/28/2001 12:52:27 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 23908

From an interview with Powell on Meet The Press: >>QUESTION: Are you absolutely convinced that Usama bin Laden was responsible for this attack? SECRETARY POWELL: I am absolutely convinced that the al-Qaida network, which he heads, was responsible for this attack. You know, it's sort of al-Qaida -- the Arab name for it is "the base"-- it's something like a holding company of terrorist organizations that are located in dozens of countries around the world, sometimes tightly controlled, sometimes loosely controlled. And at the head of that organization is Usama bin Laden. So what we have to do in the first phase of this campaign is to go after al-Qaida and go after Usama bin Laden. But it is not just a problem in Afghanistan; it's a problem throughout the world. That's why we are attacking it with a worldwide coalition. QUESTION: Will you release publicly a white paper, which links him and his organization to this attack, to put people at ease? SECRETARY POWELL: We are hard at work bringing all the information together, intelligence information, law enforcement information. And I think, in the near future, we will be able to put out a paper, a document, that will describe quite clearly the evidence that we have linking him to this attack. And also, remember, he has been linked to earlier attacks against US interests and he was already indicated for earlier attacks against the United States.<< state.gov From an interview with Powell on ABC's "This Week": >>QUESTION: All right, let me show you something you said the other day and just see whether you have changed your view on it, concerning proof. You said, we are assembling the evidence that will tell us, in a way that the world will fully confer with us -- concur with us who is responsible for this. Are we going to present before the world evidence of Usama bin Laden's guilt? SECRETARY POWELL: Yes. And I think his guilt is going to be very obvious to the world. I mean, he has been indicted previously for terror activity against the United States. And so this is a continuing pattern of terrorism and we are putting all of the information that we have together, the intelligence information, the information being generated by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. And I think we will put before the world, the American people, a persuasive case that there will be no doubt when that case is presented that it is al-Qaida led by Usama bin Laden who has been responsible for this terrible, tragic incident. QUESTION: So you are talking about something beyond simple assertions by US leaders? You are talking about assertions backed up by the evidence? SECRETARY POWELL: Yes.<< state.gov