WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Wednesday that the recent audiotape believed to carry a message from Osama bin Laden reflects the “isolation” of the al-Qaida leader whose influence over the terrorist network has waned. “Wherever he is, he’s in a deep hole,” Vice President Dick Cheney said in an interview Wednesday with PBS’ “The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer.” ‘’He does not have much impact on the organization as best we can tell.”
White House: Audiotape shows bin Laden isolated
By The Associated Press
January 14, 2009