> They couldn't find bin Laden for 10 years. I realize this puts me in tinfoil-hat territory, but I'm not sure this wasn't intentional. He was of greater strat

> They couldn't find bin Laden for 10 years. I realize this puts me in tinfoil-hat territory, but I'm not sure this wasn't intentional. He was of greater strategic value while still "alive", both to the U.S. and to the jihadists. Moreover, he had serious health problems for the last decade, and quite possibly has been dead for years of natural causes. The rapid and secret funeral at sea also seemed odd, as well as the timing, just before the election. I have no evidence, so I can't square that circle. But given the record of shady behavior (competent and otherwise) by the three-letter agencies, neither would it surprise me.