CIA nominee: No regret in opposing bin Laden strike

The White House’s nominee for CIA chief has said he does not regret advising against a strike targeting Osama bin Laden in 1998, a few months before the bombings of two US embassies in Africa.

John Brennan, the son of Irish emigrants, yesterday said the attack could have killed other people as well as bin Laden, and the chances of success were minimal.

He also told the Senate intelligence committee that the information supporting the attack was “not well-grounded”.