CIA to Probe bin Laden Tape Leak to NBC

The Central Intelligence Agency is expected to launch a probe into the leak of a secret videotape of Osama bin Laden walking through his Afghanistan compound in the fall of 2000.

The tape, broadcast by NBC News on Tuesday, shows that the Clinton administration blew a golden opportunity to take out the terrorist kingpin and prevent the 9/11 attacks.

"There will be an investigation within the CIA, which made the video, and they will decide whether or not to refer the matter to the Department of Justice," reported CNN national security correspondent David Ensor on Wednesday.

CNN anchorman Wolf Blitzer argued that the video broadcast by NBC may have seriously damaged national security.

"It shows to not only the American public but to enemies of the U.S. government out there how accurate and how precise these kinds of cameras can be. And it gives the other side, if you will, additional information for which they could take defensive measures," said Blitzer, adding, "Potentially [it] could cause some problems for U.S. national security."

Ensor explained that the decision to release the tape may have been a politically motivated attempt to smear the legacy of ex-President Clinton.

"This is a political year and there are those around town who might see advantage in putting this tape out in public at this point," he told Blitzer.

Clinton-appointed CIA Driector George Tenet has yet to comment on the bin Laden video - or the decision by his agency to investigate its release to NBC.

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