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I re-read the whole report. Nowhere does it even mention nor hint about Pakistan's intelligence "support" in tracking OBL. Or did I miss that part somewhere? From the beginning it seemed to be a solely US op. Also this:
Obama called his national-security advisers into the White House Situation Room and reviewed a spreadsheet listing possible courses of action against the Abbottabad compound. Most were variations of either a JSOC raid or an airstrike. Some versions included coöperating with the Pakistani military; some did not. Obama decided against informing or working with Pakistan. There was a real lack of confidence that the Pakistanis could keep this secret for more than a nanosecond, a senior adviser to the President told me.
So pray, what support are you talking about?
My bad, I was reading two similar articles back to back and mixed up the details.
The one referring to ISI cooperation in tracking down OBL is the following one, with the relevant excerpt below:
There has never been a dispute on targeting al Qaeda. The ISI had translated a communication of (Abu Ahmed) al Kuwaiti (Bin Ladens courier) from Arabic for the CIA which ultimately led to the compound of the al Qaeda chief, a source said. The ISI had somehow failed to follow that communication, the source added.
The source slammed a statement from the CIA chief after the May 2 operation as rubbing salt into their wounds. Leon Panetta, who is now President Barack Obamas top defence adviser, had said that Pakistan was either complacent or incompetent in the Bin Laden issue.
Pakistan-US relations: Fearing fallout, USThe source slammed a statement from the CIA chief after the May 2 operation as rubbing salt into their wounds. Leon Panetta, who is now President Barack Obamas top defence adviser, had said that Pakistan was either complacent or incompetent in the Bin Laden issue.
The above account has remained consistent since the days after the raid, with even earlier Western media reports quoting US officials acknowledging Pakistan provided critical intelligence that the US developed further to track down OBL.