Gary Schroen, who took the first CIA team into Afghanistan following 9/11 (several weeks ahead of the first military to arrive), had marching orders to "bring Osama's head back in a box filled with dry ice". Unfortunately, we have been unable to accomplish that task. Even more unfortunately, we passed up opportunities to go after OBL in 98-99, after he'd attacked our embassies in Africa. There might not have been a 9/11 if we'd used "the big stick" then.