cia s plan. and that s why the cia took the lead. as the twin towers are still smoldering, the cia takes charge of the biggest clandestine operation in its history. so within days, the cia had teams on the ground in afghanistan. the first teams were only cia. the first team, the jaw breaker team less than 10. and the reason for this was we simply didn t have enough men to do more than that. the eight to ten-man team s first goal was to secure local allies in northern and central afghanistan, where the taliban is deeply unpopular. the cia teams buy a lot of friends. we had people with great tactical skills language skills and people that understood afghanistan and the afghan people. they were handing out suitcases full of cash? that was a big part of it. but they wanted the taliban to be overthrown.
the operations are mostly done in secret. it s america s first response to the biggest terrorist attack in its history. the secret missions are successful. bin laden and the taliban are driven from power quickly and decisively. this little known conflict in afghanistan was led by hank crumpton who commanded counter terrorism operations at the cia. no one else had a plan. the president endorsed the cia s plan and they took the lead. as the twin towers are smoldering, the cia takes charge of the biggest clandestine operation in history. within days, the cia had teams on the ground in afghanistan. tar are the first teams were only cia. the first team, the jaw breaker team, less than 10. the reason for this was they didn t have enough men to do more than that.
occupations with the cia. as the twin towers are still smoldering, the cia takes charge of the biggest clan december tine operation of its history. within days the cia had teams on the ground in afghanistan? the first teams were only cia. the first team, the jaw breaker team, less than ten. the reason for this was we simply did not have enough men to do more than that. the eight to ten man team s first goal was to secure allies in northern and central afghanistan, where the taliban is deeply unpopular. the cia teams buy a lot of friends. we had people with great tactical skills, language skills, and people that understood afghanistan and the afghan people. they were handing out suitcases full of cash. that was a big part of it, but they wanted the taliban to be overthrown.