Exactly.
From Phone call by Kuwaiti courier led to bin Laden - Breitbart/AP, by Adam Goldman, 2011 May 02
Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, detainees in the CIA's secret prison network told interrogators about an important courier with the nom de guerre Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti who was close to bin Laden. After the CIA captured al-Qaida's No. 3 leader, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, he confirmed knowing al-Kuwaiti but denied he had anything to do with al-Qaida. Then in 2004, top al-Qaida operative Hassan Ghul was captured in Iraq. Ghul told the CIA that al-Kuwaiti was a courier, someone crucial to the terrorist organization. In particular, Ghul said, the courier was close to Faraj al-Libi, who replaced Mohammed as al-Qaida's operational commander. It was a key break in the hunt for in bin Laden's personal courier. "Hassan Ghul was the linchpin," a U.S. official said. Finally, in May 2005, al-Libi was captured. Under CIA interrogation, al-Libi admitted that when he was promoted to succeed Mohammed, he received the word through a courier. But he made up a name for the courier and denied knowing al-Kuwaiti, a denial that was so adamant and unbelievable that the CIA took it as confirmation that he and Mohammed were protecting the courier. It only reinforced the idea that al-Kuwaiti was very important to al-Qaida. ..... < snip > ..... It took years of work before the CIA identified the courier's real name: Sheikh Abu Ahmed, a Pakistani man born in Kuwait. ..... < snip > < snip > ..... The violent final minutes were the culmination of years of intelligence work. Inside the CIA team hunting bin Laden, it always was clear that bin Laden's vulnerability was his couriers. He was too smart to let al-Qaida foot soldiers, or even his senior commanders, know his hideout. But if he wanted to get his messages out, somebody had to carry them, someone bin Laden trusted with his life.
Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti means Abu Ahmed born in Kuwait, of course, but it doesn't mean it made it easier to locate him.
Took a lot of time and connecting the dots, and the liberals' disclosure and negative hype about NSA electronic surveillance capabilities led to Osama insisting on using no phones or computer communications near him. It's only in August of 2010 when Ahmed had a phone conversion with someone who was monitored by U.S. intelligence, he was identified, located and and put under surveillance.
So Obama is taking credit for the timing of the events previous administration had no control of, but which set up all the personnel, logistics, processes and conditions to execute?