Clinton got a phone call from his defense secretary with substantial, credible sources on BinLaden's exact whereabouts that had a 1 hour window. He had already line the appropriate forces to take him out. Clinton, being the consumate professional he was, was golfing. And when the call came in (on the secure line which, for any other person, means urgent), he was too busy with his chip shot to wory about it. Clinton had the audacity to refuse the call that could have given the go ahead to kill that animal, and he refused the call (he really did refuse all calls while he was doing anything recreational). This was in early 1999. It's in the book "Derelection of Duty" written by one of his aides (forgot the name). Oh, he also once lost his card with the Presidential code for the nukes. Yeah, he was really watching out for those terrorists.