Reply #33: We never did find out who let the bin Laden family fly out of the country after 9/11.

[Old and In the Way]

You'd think that they'd have had some serious leverage to use to get OBL to give himself up, no?

I think the Paki's were paid off to keep OBL under secure house arrest. Billions to enlist them in fighting the GWOT would provide plenty of money. Perhaps OBL had enough incriminating evidence to assure his continued existence...but also understood that was contingent on keeping a very low profile and self-imposed house arrest.

This GWOT thing has paid off pretty well for a lot of people. I wonder how the Bush's have fared this past decade?