“It appears that Osama bin Laden and his family could have lived there for up to six years,” Feinstein told reporters at the Capitol. “This compound has been around [for up to six years] and that’s the belief. I said up to six years.”
The California Democrat voiced concerns that the Pakistani intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), may have known bin Laden was there and not done anything about it, particularly given the compound’s massive size and proximity to Islamabad.
“It’s very hard for me to understand how Pakistani [leaders], particularly the ISI, would not have known that something was going on in that compound,” she said. “I’ve had a growing concern that the Pakistani government … is really walking both sides of the street.”
Feinstein stopped short of calling for cutting off $1.1 billion in U.S. aid to Pakistan for counter-insurgency efforts. But she floated the idea of restructuring those funds in a different way.
“Our government is in fiscal distress,” she said. “To make contributions to a country that isn’t going to be fully supportive is a problem for many.”
Feinstein noted that members of the Intelligence Committee had been briefed on the compound “for some time” and that fact that nobody leaked information about it is “very special.” She also gave President Barack Obama credit “for having the gumption to make the decision” to attack the compound when it still wasn’t 100 percent certain that bin Laden was there. Intelligence officials had been tracking the compound for a while and there was some “actionable intelligence” that bin Laden was there, but nobody had actually identified him yet, she said.
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You will not convince me that the government of Pakistan didn't know that this monster was living in their country. 6 years? Right down the street from a key military base and living in the most expensive house in the neighborhood, and the word never got out? The neighbors didn't get nosey? The military didn't get suspicious? I don't think everything is as it appears in Pakistan.
Pakistan ’s version of our WestPoint) One of the largest houses in the community and with eight to twelve foot high block walls. This was the only household on the street that burned their trash, while everyone else put theirs on the curb. Didn’t someone see the smoke? Didn’t someone wonder why?
This guy was on dialysis. He had certain needs that went way beyond filling a hookah pipe or buying shoes. He had a chronic medical condition which required daily attention and medical supplies. He lived in the same place for six years! Didn’t the clerk at Walgreens notice the constant purchases of dialysis supplies? Didn’t the medical equipment need maintenance and upkeep in six years? Who was his doctor?
You will not tell me (and have me believe it) that the Pakistani government didn’t know where this guy was hiding.
A million dollar house 45 miles away from the capital and down the street from a strategic Pakistani military base. (
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