At what point was it presented to you with evidence? I also remember hearing this often around 2001, but I can't recall any specifics showing the link.

Frankly, the CIA deserves the blame even if they didn't specifically assist Bin Laden. They certainly assisted many other people that were equally terrible, and their actions led to the instability that allowed such groups to flourish.

well.... it's not like he was out of the spotlight, many years earlier than then

1993 newspaper profile of him.. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/anti-soviet-warrior...

a picture of the newspaper article itself for history's sake/ in case that link ceases to work in the future; https://i.imgur.com/HLndqdZ.jpg

How does this show any link to the CIA? He was the son of a billionaire, I doubt he would need help from a spy agency to get a puff piece written on page ten.

You can see it happening right before your eyes.

Quite interesting. F'ing scary too.