CIA predicts bin Laden “succession crisis”

WASHINGTON – The U.S. is making “a big and continual push” to capture or kill al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, but CIA Director Michael Hayden said Tuesday that bin Laden’s demise won’t end the organization’s menace.

The CIA is equally interested in those vying to replace bin Laden in what Hayden predicts will be a “succession crisis.”