Private communiqué disparaging Osama bin Laden as an ineffective leader:

“If someone opposes him, he immediately puts forward another person to render an opinion in his support, clinging to his opinion and totally disregarding those around him.”Ari R. Weisfuse, “The Last Hope for the al-Qa`ida Old Guard? A Profile of Saif al-`Adl,” CTC Sentinel, March 2016, https://ctc.usma.edu/the-last-hope-for-the-al-qaida-old-guard-a-profile-of-saif-al-adl/.