Rival's TV ad links Hillary Clinton with Osama Bin Laden

A Republican candidate hoping to challenge Senator Hillary Clinton this autumn is running a television advertisement that links her to al-Qaida terror boss Osama bin Laden.

The advert, produced by the Senate campaign of John Spencer, accuses Mrs Clinton of opposing national security programmes, including the USA Patriot Act and a secret National Security Agency wiretapping programme, that may have helped thwart a planned terror attack aboard US-bound flights from London last week.