The Hunt for OBL

Steve Coll, the managing editor of the Washington Post, is coming out with a new book called Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001.

The Post has published two articles (one; two) adapted from his tome that broadly sketch how the hunt for Bin Laden evolved since 1993. Neither article goes into the sordid history of what happened in the 1980s, although I assume that will be covered in other parts of the book.