Lets also be clear that Bin Laden was happy to be on Video for weeks after Sept 11th (hell, he made home videos)...and his appearance hadn't changed at all.
He also made one other video that he released in early Nov of 2001. Again his appearance was the same (sans a perfect working right arm). It was clear, Bin Laden was showing tapes of himself being alive (while knowing full well the US Military was looking for him).
Again, I tend to believe we got him in Dec 2001. I think a Team of SOF guys got him and only a very select group in the Military know we took him out. That is just my gut instinct on this.
But as Bush as said from day one. "If he's alive, we will get him. If's he's not alive, we already got him".
And that really sums it up. Also, Al Qeada has not been productive since 2001. This is a fact. Your list of targets they have struck at (and many of those could have just been copy cat terrorists) are still not targets against America.
More tinfoil. Sure. Only Bush knows. Damn for a sec here I thought I was on DemonicUnderground. Their assessment of Bush being a inherantly dishonets scheming politiciain is right on target with some folks here. Shhhh. Bush KNOWS we got him but is keeping it secret for political reasons. Geesh.