  urlLink Edinburgh Evening News - Top Stories - Bin Laden family's US exit 'approved' : "Bin Laden family's US exit 'approved' BILL ANDREWS THE United States allowed members of Osama bin Laden%u2019s family to jet out of the US in the immediate aftermath of September 11, even as American airspace was closed. Former White House counter-terrorism tsar Richard Clarke said the Bush administration sanctioned the repatriation of about 140 high-ranking Saudi Arabians, including relatives of the al-Qaida chief. " 
