(2002-10-07) — An answering machine message intercepted by the CIA indicates Usama Bin Laden still may be alive, according to U.S. Defense Department insiders.
“Our experts are studying the tape right now,” said an unnamed source. “But it really sounds like you would imagine Bin Laden would sound.”
A transcript of the tape reads as follows:
“Hello, this is Usama, who is this?…(5 SECOND PAUSE)…ha ha, I got you, I’m not here right now. If you’re calling about joining Al Qaeda as a terrorist, press one. If you want to offer financial support, press two. If you’re the great Satan listening illegally, press three…don’t leave a long message, just name, phone number, and the time of your next bombing run. Can you tell I just got this machine? How do you turn this thing off. I wonder if it’s this….”

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