UK Daily Mail "At the start of his presidency, Miniter writes, Obama was ‘studiously undecided’ about whether to kill the mastermind of 9/11.
"‘He refused to weigh in or commit himself on even small matters related to a possible strike on bin Laden.’
"He continues: ‘Obama was often disengaged as the bin Laden operation took shape; he left critical decisions to the then-CIA Director Leon Panetta, then-Secretary of Defence Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
"‘Obama feared taking responsibility for a risky raid that might go tragically wrong.’
"Initially, Miniter writes, Obama deferred to Jarrett over whether to go after bin Laden.
"‘Jarrett opposed the idea. She worried about a backlash against the president if the operation failed, or even if it succeeded. Clinton privately fumed about Jarrett’s relentless presence and her injection of political considerations at every turn.
"‘Throughout 2009 Obama demanded more and more certainty about U.S. intelligence concerning bin Laden. Jarrett repeatedly reminded Obama and other executive-branch officials that the president had campaigned on the “intelligence failures” of the Bush years.
"‘There was no need, she said, to hand our political rivals a set of intelligence failures of our own."
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