Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110506:11:47:00
>> jim acosta is following this, live in washington. if you connect the dots from al qaeda to america's energy independence, it's an interesting theory, how does it work out? >> right. you know, i mean one of the original reasons for osama bin laden's fatah against the united states was our presence in the middle east. he said repeatedly over the years, that he thought the united states was stealing middle east oil. he thought that the way to destabilize the united states was to attack oil interests in the middle east, so there is a connection. the death of osama bin laden doesn't change one t...