New York – A Bird Expert Knew Where Bin Laden Was. Why Didn’t The U.S. Government Go After Him?

New York – I am a lawyer for spies and whistleblowers. One of my most unusual clients obtained an electronic tracking device for Osama Bin Laden’s travelling entourage, but for eight years the Bush administration refused to capture Bin Laden when they could. Within 1000 days of Obama giving the order, Bin Laden was dead. This is an ugly story, but it is all true. I was there.

From time to time I have been of some small service to my country as a back channel lawyer for the U.S. Intelligence Community. Under Florida law, I am allowed to completely shield my client’s anonymity under the Attorney-Client privilege. There are not many lawyers who have held Top Secret COSMIC SCI security clearances who do pro bono work. Word gets around.

I have more than 600 clients. They usually pay me one dollar each. I am perhaps the worst paid lawyer in America, but among the better informed. I have been called as an expert witness by Congress, as well as the governments of Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Most of my work has been highly classified. This time, I can talk about it.

Several years ago, I was approached by Alan Parrot (pronounced Pah ROW). He is the CEO of the Union for the Conservation of Raptors, a respected international charity. Alan is an American of the Sikh faith. He was once the chief falconer for the Shah of Iran and worked for the royal families of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. He lives in his home state of Maine, wears a white turban and robes, and often carries a raptor on his forearm. Raptors are huge birds, similar to like eagles or falcons, which are used for hunting in the Middle East. It is the sport of Arab kings, and it is the favorite hobby of Osama Bin Laden. You might even say it is Osama’s only addiction.

Bin Laden used to host falcon hunting parties as fundraisers for Al Qaeda. Hundreds of wealthy Arabs would turn up for these events, which lasted for days. They came with luxury vehicles; some specially equipped with sliding roof panels and electric seat risers so that the hunters and their birds could observe their prey in perfect comfort.

Their prey was a fat pheasant known as the Hubara Bustard. It is a migratory bird that can only be found during certain months in certain mountain ranges in certain Middle Eastern countries. Needless to say, the bird is almost extinct.

In addition to cash, the wealthy Arabs used to leave their luxury cars behind for Al Qaeda to sell. The CIA used to observe these Hubara hunting parties with drone surveillance aircraft hovering over the tri-state mountain borders of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran. One model of the drones, the Predator, was also equipped with a Hellfire missile. The CIA actually has a photograph of Osama Bin Laden standing in the gunsight, but they refused to pull the trigger. Osama was standing next to the Crown Prince of one of the Gulf States, supposedly an ally of America in the global war against terror. That’s the problem with buying friends. You never know if they will stay bought.

Alan Parrot can regale you for hours with stories about the perfidious Arab trade in raptors. Apparently the CIA steals endangered golden eagles in Alaska and presents them to Arab sheiks as gifts. One such bird can fetch over $100,000 in the black market. Trading raptors is banned under international law. Apparently, neither the sheiks nor the CIA cares.

Alan had one of his agents infiltrate Osama Bin Laden’s hunting parties by posing as a servant. He recorded the names of the attendees, whom Alan then exposed. It is the sport of Arab kings, and it is the favorite hobby of Osama Bin Laden. You might even say it is Osama’s only addiction.
He has been beaten and imprisoned, but he is a Sikh and Sikhs are notoriously stubborn about their religion and their honor.

There is a Sikh legend that in ancient times, the Sikhs of India conquered the raiding Pashtun tribes of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Pashtun warriors surrendered rather than fight. The Sikhs imposed a harsh penalty for their cowardice: henceforward, all Afghan males had to dress as women. That is why, Alan claims, to this day Osama Bin Laden wears a knee length shirt as his traditional garb. “Don’t you get it?” Alan says. Osama and the Taliban wear dresses.

Well, maybe. Alan does tell fascinating stories, which is why I invited him to speak at one of my international conferences. I am President of the Intelligence Summit, an educational charity that brings together members of the Intelligence community from democratic countries, as well as the press and academia.

Much to the consternation of the bureaucrats, we actually talk to each other and share unclassified information.

But Alan came to me one day with something very, very secret. One of his friends in the Middle East was running a small but lucrative smuggling network from Tajikistan across the mountain range into northeastern Iran. There, quite by accident, he stumbled across Osama Bin Laden on vacation on the Iranian side of the mountains. They struck up a friendship over falcon hunting, and Osama invited Alan’s source along for the party.

Osama was travelling with a small retinue of four, including a driver and chef, and three beautiful raptors. They would hunt during the day, and at night they would camp above the tree line where it was cool, sleeping on an expensive plush carpet, singing war songs by the campfire. Osama had the latest hunting equipment. Each of his enormous birds was equipped with an electronic radio collar that trailed a small antenna. Each collar had a different radio frequency. Alan’s source wrote down the frequency numbers when no one was looking.

Read his full article in Ami Magazine. PDF

Article in Ami Magazine by Attorney John Loftus, author of America’s Nazi Secret, is a former Army officer, intelligence analyst, and federal prosecutor. He previouslyheld a Q clearance for nuclear top secrets while working for the U.S. Gov.

Mr Loftus was also interviewed on the Zev Brenner radio show click here starts at Minute 6:39