strange shape, barbed wire, lack of cars and visitors, beggars belief." it also says "the bin laden house was innumerated in a government house survey with the comments that it was uninhabited since august of '05. there were never less than 5 people living in it. the extent of incompetence to put it mildly was astounding if not unbelievable." roger, the pakistanis didn't want those revelations coming to light. >> yeah, for very clear reasons because your jaw drops when you read this text and realize the extent of incompetence on the part of the pakistani at the state and local level. but what bin laden did to a certain degree was he practiced good operational security. he maintained a very small security footprint, re lied on his family for a lot of different things. that all said, when he moved into the complex in abbottabad, the fact it did not trigger anybody to say anything to anybody in office is the real big question. i believe it also reflects a