The writers comments and speculation in this article are so ill contrived it isn't even worth discussing - Their silly suggestion that they know he (UBL) has a " portable dialysis machine" is laughable -
This is a silly/phony MSM driven falsehood regarding UBL (just as the fake rapes the MSM shouted about supposedly taking place in the SuperDome have proved to be) - UBL does not need a dialysis machine - OGA's long ago (late 90's) dispelled that rumor).
As for the ISI knowing where UBL is - Yep, they do as much as we do - He is in the autonomous Afghan / Pak / India / China border region!! - And they don't have a chance in hell of locating him on their own -
Again, the notion that the ISI (or Pak Gov't) could put guns on UBL in a short period of time is absurd -
Does the ISI have some al Qeade sympathizers - They most certainly do - Does that in turn mean they are directly supporting UBL on the run (of course not) - Does that mean those sympathizers could catch UBL if they wanted to? (of course not!).
The region UBL is eking out a survival in is autonomous from not only the Pak Gov't but from the ISI as well (to a large extent).
The ISI has a long history of not being able to operate in the tribal regions of Pakistan - Operate in any coherent / effective way that is - (not just since UBL has been on the run - long before)
Do we want the Pak military to do more? Yes! (We also want about every other ally to do more as well, and most aren't).
But again, the notion that if Musharraf really wanted he could get UBL or Zawahiri is just ridiculous - And those speculating that don't have a clue about how this hunt is going -
There are reasons Mr. Goss knows the general region UBL is in?? - There are reasons after around April 2002, the CIC and SecDef were aware that UBL was indeed alive and not dead (as possibly assumed). There are reasons we wish the Pak military would do more (but at the same time understand they probably couldn't catch UBL on there own).
But you have to read between the lines some to see the real facts -
but is he in a cave, or an area with some kind of natural vegetation cover? it can't be an desolate area with alot of "deliveries" of supplies and people moving to and from - that's way to easy to spot.
Glad for your inquisitive posts. de Borchgrave is unreliable. He's against the War in Iraq, mostly, so far as I can tell, for the old alliance with Saudi Arabia. Certainly, there's much to be said about that devil's bargain, but why in the hell is he out there rationalizing an even more insidious bargain with Pakistan?
He's angling for a story and a moral, and since he's chosen both before the fact, the facts don't line up.