the tribal areas. >> the surprise is in effect the pakistani military and counterinsurgency operations kept bin laden out of the tribal areas. i think he thought the tribal areas were too hot because military and drone activity was too extensive. so he chose to go in areas that turned out to be riskier, cities or settled areas which is eventually where he was killed. >> the report had harsh words for the government and the military for missing bin laden since he was in hiding in plain sight, about a half mile from pakistani's equivalent of west point. for example, the report says "how the entire neighborhood, local officials, police and security and intelligence officials all missed the size, strange shape, barbed wire, lack of cars and visitors, beggars belief." it also says "the bin laden house was enumerated in a government house survey with the comments that it was uninhabited since august of '05.