one big shrug of the shoulders. al qaeda is threaten to go kill americans. really? listen. i don t want to oversimplify it or say it s like a elvis sighting but bin laden comes out with another audiotape. let s kill more inif a if a dells. you u.s. official echoed to sentiments. a counterterrorism official suggested if bin laden wants to be involved in the legal proceedings, he should show up in an american court. that s not likely to happen. intelligence officials follow this. what are they saying about the tapes? they don t regard it aspiration operationally significant. they say he s less significant than five years ago.