FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2007 file photo, Blackwater USA founder, Erik Prince, testifies before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The CIA hired private contractors at Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al-Qaida, The New York Times reported on its Web site late Wednesday Aug. 19, 2009. Unidentified current and former government officials said the CIA did not have a formal contract with Blackwater for this program but instead had individual agreements with top company officials, including Prince. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2007 file photo, Blackwater USA founder, Erik Prince, testifies before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The CIA hired private contractors at Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al-Qaida, The New York Times reported on its Web site late Wednesday Aug. 19, 2009. Unidentified current and former government officials said the CIA did not have a formal contract with Blackwater for this program but instead had individual agreements with top company officials, including Prince.

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  1. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Bob Grenier, former CIA station chief in Islamabad, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.
  2. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Bob Grenier, former CIA station chief in Islamabad, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.
  3. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Bob Grenier, former CIA station chief in Islamabad, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.
  4. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Bob Grenier, former CIA station chief in Islamabad, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.
  5. Bob Grenier, a former CIA station chief in Pakistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Al-Qaeda threat in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  6. CIA Director Leon Panetta, right, meets with Imam Husham Al-Husainy at the Bint Jebail Cultural Center in Dearborn, Mich., Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. Panetta addressed members of the area's large Middle Eastern community at the Iftar, the evening meal that breaks the fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
  7. Siti Rahma, wife of slain regional al-Qaida commander Noordin Top, in a black veil, is seen in Pontian, southern Malaysia, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Tearful relatives of slain regional al-Qaida commander Noordin Top buried him in a traditional Muslim funeral at his boyhood village Friday, two weeks after Indonesian security forces killed him in a shootout.
  8. Relatives and villagers carry the coffin of slain regional al-Qaida commander Noordin Top for a burial at a cemetery in Pontian, southern Malaysia, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Tearful relatives of slain regional al-Qaida commander Noordin Top buried him in a traditional Muslim funeral at his boyhood village Friday, two weeks after Indonesian security forces killed him in a shootout.
  9. J. Michael Dowling, lawyer for suspected al-Qaida terrorist Najibullah Zazi, gestures during a press briefing after his client's appearance in Brooklyn Federal Court, New York, Tuesday Sept. 29, 2009.
  10. In this courtroom sketch of suspected al-Qaida terrorist Najibullah Zazi is shown as he appears in Brooklyn Federal Court, New York, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.
  11. J. Michael Dowling, lawyer for suspected al-Qaida terrorist Najibullah Zazi, speaks during a a press briefing after his client's appearance in Brooklyn Federal Court, New York, Tuesday Sept. 29, 2009.
  12. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden addresses a news conference in Afghanistan in this May 26, 1998 file photo. Bin Laden urged European nations in an new audio tape aired on September 25, 2009 to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan.

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