What needs more attention is the possible role of Pakistan's military and Inter-Services Intelligence Agency (ISI) officers, either officially or acting on their own, in keeping Osama hidden for 7 years (by placing him right under their nose near their military complex.)If they were complicit, and I can't see how they weren't, it should make people question the wisdom of both the Bush and Obama Administrations in insisting on expansive sharing of law enforcement information across agencies, particularly those in other countries. How much did the information we provided Pakistan help those who were helping bin Laden?

This issue should come into much greater focus in the next few weeks when the terror trial of David Headley's co-defendant Tahawwur Hussain Rana begins in Chicago for allegedly providing material support to Lashkar e Tayyiba (leT) in the Mumbai bombings and the planned Denmark attack.

The Department of Justice (through Patrick Fitzgerald's team of prosecutors) will be in the unenviable posit