CIA director William Paneta said Thursday elusive Al Queda leader Osama bin Laden is hiding out in the remote mountains of Afghanistan, and hopes joint US-Pakistani operations will soon get him.
“The last information we had, that’s still the case,” Panetta said when reporters asked if he was sure.
CIA director William Panetta
Finding bin Laden is “one of our major priorities,” Panetta said. “One of our hopes is that the Pakistanis move in militarily, combined with our operations, we may be able to have a better chance” to find the al Queda leader, he said.
Panetta said al Qaeda “remains the most serious security threat” to the United States and its leaders, particularly in Pakistan, continue to plot against America.
There are “a number of people” on the ground in Pakistan providing intelligence on al Qaeda targets to the United States, he said.
The intelligence agency also is focusing on countries where al Qaeda might find safe haven, like Somalia and Yemen, Panetta said.
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Bin Laden is in Pakistan OR any one of a few other “friendly” nations. This is all the Director of the CIA has to say after so much time and money spent on tracking down this terrorist?
FUCK MY POOP