Bin Laden's death: 'Why kill the goose?'The whole article (referenced at the link above) is worth reading but here's a snippet:
This is slightly bizarre, given that Bin Laden had apparently been in a safe house near the Pakistan military academy for six years. Nobody believes this could have happened without the knowledge of senior intelligence officials. A meeting with one such person in 2006, which I recounted in my last book on Pakistan, confirmed that Bin Laden was in the country and being kept safe. The person concerned told me the Americans only wanted Bin Laden dead, but that it was in Pakistan's interest to keep him alive. In his words: "Why kill the goose that lays the golden eggs?" – a reference to the billions in aid and weaponry being supplied to the army. At the time I wasn't sure whether my informant was fantasising to amuse or misinform me; he was obviously telling the truth.
Reminds me of Christianne Amanpour's comment from 2008 (and quite insistent about it) that she had spoken with a woman who was placed
very highlight in American intelligence and that that woman had told her that bin Laden was not in a cave in Afghanistan, but that he was in a
comfortable villa in Pakistan.Here's a link to that
VIDEO at DU, if you haven't seen it.
PB