>I can imagine the Pakistanis keeping it a secret (at least for as long as they did) but the Pakistanis coordinating with another government and receiving payme

>I can imagine the Pakistanis keeping it a secret (at least for as long as they did) but the Pakistanis coordinating with another government and receiving payments from that government without the US finding out? I'd suspect the US probably knew the compound location for awhile as the US/Sauds/ISI have been pretty cozy over the years. One funny bit of trivia is that the long-time CIA operative that headed the first investigation into 9/11 had been to Pakistan a couple months before 9/11 and had breakfast with the head of the ISI in Washington on the day of 9/11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_Goss#Intelligence_inquiry:_September_11.2C_2001 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_Goss#Intelligence_inquir...