I got the report, read the section you suggested, at least from the point where Clinton signed this order:
In mid-December,President Clinton signed a Memorandum
of Notification (MON) giving the CIA broader authority to use foreign
proxies to detain Bin Ladin lieutenants, without having to transfer them to U.S.
custody.The authority was to capture, not kill, though lethal force might be
used if necessary.
Up to and included the first Predator flight, including the one mentioned in the article I posted.
On September 7,the Predator flew for the first time over Afghanistan.When
FROM THREAT TO THREAT 189
Clarke saw video taken during the trial flight, he described the imagery to
Berger as “truly astonishing,” and he argued immediately for more flights seeking
to find Bin Ladin and target him for cruise missile or air attack.Even if Bin
Ladin were not found, Clarke said, Predator missions might identify additional
worthwhile targets, such as other al Qaeda leaders or stocks of chemical or biological
weapons.117
Clarke was not alone in his enthusiasm. He had backing from Cofer Black
and Charles Allen at the CIA.Ten out of 15 trial missions of the Predator over
Afghanistan were rated successful. On the first flight, a Predator saw a security
detail around a tall man in a white robe at Bin Ladin’s Tarnak Farms compound
outside Kandahar. After a second sighting of the “man in white” at the compound
on September 28, intelligence community analysts determined that he
was probably Bin Ladin.
No where between mid December 1999 and that predator flight does Clinton ammend his capture order to be a kill or capture order. So as I’ve been stating, the Fox journalist should have said SOMETHING when Clinton said he did everything he could to kill him.
When I have time I’ll read the rest, but I’ve read the section that deals with, and validates, the article I posted.