Flashback: When Osama Bin Ladin Was ‘Tim Osman’!

• When Osama Bin Ladin Was ‘Tim Osman’! 
  Michael Riconosciuto & Ted Gunderson’s 1986 Meeting with ‘Tim Osman’ (Osama bin Laden)
  By J. Orlin Grabbe The Laissez Faire City Times Nov. 8, 2001
  http://educate-yourself.org/cn/2001/riconosciutoandtimosman8nov01.shtml
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  The two men headed to the Hilton Hotel in Sherman Oaks, California in the late  Spring of 1986 were on their way to meet representatives of the mujahadeen, the  Afghan fighters resisting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
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  One of the two, Ted Gunderson, had had a distinguished career in the FBI,  serving as some sort of supervisor over Special Agents in the early 60s, as head  of the Dallas field office from 1973-75, and as head of the Los Angeles field  office from 1977-1979. He retired to become an investigator for, among others,  well-known attorney F. Lee Bailey. And all along the way, Gunderson, whether or  not actually a CIA contract agent, had been around to provide services to  various CIA and National Security Council operations, as he was doing now.
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  Michael Riconosciuto was there to discuss assisting the mujahadeen with  MANPADs,-Man Portable Air Defense Systems. Stinger missiles were one  possibility. If the U.S. would permit their export, Riconosciuto could modify  the Stinger’s electronics, so the guided missile would still be effective  against Soviet aircraft, but would not be a threat to U.S. or NATO forces.
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  Meeting Riconosciuto and Gunderson at the hotel were two representatives of the  mujahadeen, waiting to discuss their armament needs. One of the two was named “Ralph  Olberg.” The other one was called Tim Osman (or Ossman).
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  “Ralph Olberg” was an American businesman who was leading the procurement of  American weapons and technology on behalf of the Afghan rebels. He worked  through the Afghan desk at the U.S. State Department, as well as through Senator  Hubert Humphrey’s office. Olberg looked after the Afghanis through a curious  front called MSH – Management Sciences for Health.
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  The other man, dressed in Docker’s clothing, was not a native Afghan any more  than Olberg was. He was a 28-year-old Saudi. Tim Osman (Ossman) has recently  become better known as Osama Bin Ladin. “Tim Osman” was the name assigned  to him by the CIA for his tour of the U.S. and U.S. military bases, in search of  political support and armaments.
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  Gunderson and Riconosciuto were not on an altruistic mission. They had some  conditions for their help. And they had some bad news to deliver. The mujahadeen  needed to be willing to test new weapons in the field and to return a research  report, complete with photos. The bad news was that some factions of the CIA  didn’t feel that Oldberg and Osman’s group were the real representatives of the  Afghans. Upon hearing this both Tim and Ralph were indignant. They wanted to  mount a full-court press. Round up other members of their group and do a  congressional and White House lobbying effort in Washington, D.C.
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  “Pleased to meet you. Hope you guess my name.”
  -The Rolling Stones, Sympathy for the Devil
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  Did the lobbying effort take place? I don’t know. There is some evidence that  Tim Osman and Ralph Oldberg visited the While House. There is certainty that Tim  Osman toured some U.S. military bases, even receiving special demonstrations of  the latest equipment. Why hasn’t this been reported in the major media?
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