Oh, come on, dude! My mouth was open & everything.
Yeah, I don't really see the point in announcing OBL's death.
If the government knows he's dead then good, they know he can't do us anymore harm...but wouldn't there be a ton of attacks after his death was announced?
On the other hand, maybe the government figures that it can't keep this a secret because it will eventually come out which would make the government look bad.
Or, it could be that OBL was captured.
But do we want this?
Anyway, I doubt very much that any of these things have happened, because I don't think Bush is so vain that he would inform us of this, I think some general would give the news conference.