11 Sep 2001 World Trade Center bombing.
15 Sep 2001 President George W Bush: "If [Osama bin Laden] thinks he can hide and run from the United States and our allies, he will be sorely mistaken."
13 Mar 2002 President George W Bush: "I don't know where he is. You know, I just don't spend that much time on him, Kelly, to be honest with you. [...] I don't know where he is. I -- I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him."
7 Oct 2002 "[Osama bin Laden is] either alive and well, or alive and not too well, or not alive." -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, The New Republic
28 Jul 2003 In a opinion piece, Bill O'Reilly writes: "The Bush administration better find Saddam, Osama Bin Laden and Mullah Mohammed Omar and it better explain the WMD situation. If it does not, history and the American people will render judgment, and it will most likely not be kind."