Did rogue spies or 'Pakistani Blackwater' shield Osama bin Laden? [View all]

I recognize that Pakistan is technically "South West Asia" as is Afghanistan, but we have no SWA forum or group, and the perpetrator discussed in this article is quite clearly from the heart of the Middle East, a native of Saudi Arabia. That is my motivation for posting this article here:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/30/11465937-did-rogue-spies-or-pakistani-blackwater-shield-osama-bin-laden?lite

Kamran Bokhari, vice-president for Middle Eastern and South Asian Affairs at Stratfor, a global intelligence company, believes the idea that bin Laden moved around without a network of individuals organizing his transportation and logistics is simply not possible.

"If you're a six-foot-five Arab, and the most wanted man on the planet, you can't just walk into a place like Pakistan without support," Bokhari said. "So what's the nature of that support?"

U.S. officials publicly state they have no evidence that any Pakistani institutional leaders had any knowledge of bin Laden's presence here, nor played any role in helping to move him. Privately, however, some admit that the deep mistrust between the two nations has led to strong, lingering suspicions within many in the U.S. that Pakistan's premier intelligence agency -- Inter-Services Intelligence, or the ISI -- must have known, at some level.


"There are deep suspicions on both sides," says retired General Mahmud Ali Durrani, a former Pakistan army chief and ambassador to the United States. "I think the biggest concern in the U.S., if I put it in a phrase, is that Pakistan is hunting with the hounds and running with the hares. That is the perception."