You sure know how to waste your time complaining about something that know one here cares about. The fact of the matter is that no one here believes %100 percent that Bin Laden is in custody. Some of us believe it more....some less. I bet you that even Sean would not tell you it is not %100.
Who made you king of the day to speak on behalf of the hundreds of people who have posted here since November, 2003? This is not the Democratic party where we are all required to think exactly alike on every issue, at the risk of being personally attacked for deviating from the party line.
For your information, SOL, in fact, stated without qualification that OBL is in custody:
"Are you so daft that you cannot see the sudden string of very, very high-level arrests in the mideast, from Iraq to Pakistan, some very high level al-Qaeda operatives have been falling into US hands. This is unprecidented. It is a certain indication that we do indeed have alQaeda's Mr. Big because the knowledge of the upper level of AQ network would be known to Osama and and al-Zawahiri. There was a further confirmation from another source that Osama is indeed in custody. He's probably so durgged up on sodium pentathol that he believes he is speaking directly to "allah". He's singing like a canary and our forces along with the people of the world are reaping the benefits of this intelligence bonanza. The only one lying here is yourself. You are pathetic. I wish Free Republic had an "ignore" button because you would be the very first person to earn that distinction here."
See Thread II, Post No. 14829.
That to me sounds like a person who is 100% certain of the accuracy of what he's stating -- not as an opinion -- but as a fact. Because SOL apparently has professional experience, credentials, and contacts in the intelligence business and runs a website with an offical sounding name, he has a responsibility -- in my view -- to distinguish between uncontrovertible facts, and opinion, conjecture, and speculation, so as not to mislead or confuse those who value his thoughts and perspective. Now why should SOL be judged by such a high standard? Because he has held himself out as an expert on terrorsim and intelligence and as a result, he has put himself into a position where caution and accuracy are warranted.