The 9/11 Commission Report: Before The Bombings In Kenya And Tanzania

By June 1996, The CIA's Directorate of Operations, David Cohen, wanted to test the idea of having a virtual station that would collect and operate against a subject much in the way CIA stations in the field focus on a country. This station would be known as the Bin Laden Issue Station. It would also employ a handful of analysts that would also employ other agenices working alongside it. As Bin Laden left Afghanistan in May 1996, US intelligence and the CIA began constructing ideas to have Bin Laden captured using Afghan tribals, bribed with money, to hold him while being later handed over to the CIA. However the plan was not approved, and some people within the National Security Group led by Richard Clarke and the National Security Adviser, Sandy Berger, were those who thought the plan was too "risky".

The 9/11 Commission Report: Chapter Four: Part 4.1 Before The Bombings In Kenya And Tanzania