THE PLOT THICKENS. MAYBE OSAMA WAS STILL LIVING ...ON THE CAMPUS OF PAKISTAN'S "WEST POINT." LEON PANETTA REPORTEDLY SAID PAKISTAN WAS EITHER "KNOWLEDGEABLE OR INCOMPETENT." I WONDER WHICH WORD BETTER FITS THE CIA.

May 5, 2011

Pakistani Military Faces Scrutiny as Unfolding Evidence Suggests Direct Role in Harboring bin Laden

Numerous questions have been raised on how Osama bin Laden could have been living in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad just down the street from Pakistan’s premier military academy. CIA Director Leon Panetta has reportedly said Pakistan was either "knowledgeable or incompetent" when it came to bin Laden’s whereabouts. Some evidence has emerged to indicate that the Pakistani military may have had a direct role in harboring bin Laden. Meanwhile, the Pakistani government is claiming it warned U.S. intelligence two years ago about the compound where bin Laden was killed. We go to Pakistan to speak with Graeme Smith, an award-winning foreign correspondent for The Globe and Mail newspaper in Canada. He was in Abbottabad yesterday investigating the mystery behind the bin Laden compound. [original includes transcript]