As the story of the death of Osama bin Laden grows more curious by the
day, it's time we call in that legendary Honolulu police detective of
yesteryear, Charlie Chan, to visit the scene.
With his Number One Son, Jimmy, Chan arrives at the former hideout of
the deceased mass murderer, where a small crowd of on-lookers still
lingers. This conversation ensues:
Jimmy: Gee, Pop, this doesn't look like a mansion. It looks more like
a three-story police headquarters in a provincial capital in
Guatemala.
Chan: True, but look around, Jimmy. Few houses are nearby, and none
is bigger. Nor is there another house surrounded by a tall wall
topped with barbed wire. But you are right, Number One Son. It does
look like a jail, but given its secluded location and size, to some
here it might appear to be the home of a rich man.
Jimmy: If bin Laden was hiding here from the Pakistani authorities, as
well as from the Americans, isn't this a high profile place to hide?
Chan: Yes, Jimmy. And within your question lives another: Was he
hiding from the Pakistani authorities?
Jimmy: They said they were hunting him.
Chan: Look around. What do you see?
Jimmy: Mostly open fields, with only a few houses nearby.
Chan: Look further.
Jimmy: Well, we did pass a big military base nearby where tens of
thousands of Pakistani soldiers live. And there are many homes of
retired Pakistani military. Plus, there's that national military
academy we passed about a mile back. Gee, it's like we're at the
center of the Pakistani armed forces.
Chan: Yes, and so we are, Jimmy.
Jimmy: Pop, wouldn't you think that someone in the Pakistani
intelligence service would have noticed this place and inquired as to
who lived here? It sticks out like a sore thumb.
Chan: Pakistani authorities report they visited here in 2003 to make
such inquiries. An official says the compound "was raided when under
construction" back then.
Jimmy: So who was living here then, Pop?
Chan: Here's an aerial photo of the compound from 2004. Who do you
think was?
Jimmy: It was an empty field! So how did they visit a compound on an
empty field?
Chan: It must have required great imagination, Number One Son.
Jimmy: I see evidence of the shootout here, Pop. The newspapers say
it lasted 40 minutes. We are so close to a lot of armed soldiers.
What did they do when they rushed here to investigate?
Chan: Another good question, Jimmy. An official of Pakistan's main
intelligence organization, the ISS, says, "We were totally caught by
surprise. They were in and out before we could react." He also says,
"the compound was not on our radar; it is an embarrassment for the
ISI. We're good, but we're not God...This one failure should not make
us look totally incompetent."
Jimmy: Well, at least they admit their mistakes.
Chan: Perhaps. But an ancient honorable ancestor once said that
sometimes a clever man will claim to be stupid to hide his cleverness.
Jimmy: You mean they knew bin Laden was here all the time, sort of in
protective custody, under house arrest?
Chan: The President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, said that bin Laden
"was not anywhere we had anticipated he would be." But White House
counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan says bin Laden could have been
living here five or six years. Is it not interesting that in 2005, al-
Libi, who also lived here in Abbottabad, was captured and taken to
Guantanamo?
Jimmy: All this doesn't add up, Pop. How long have we known that bin
Laden was likely hiding here?
Chan: Number One Son has a good head for mathematics. The government
admits knowing since mid-February.
Jimmy: Wait. Wasn't that around the time when Raymond Davis, an
American contractor collecting information for the C.I.A. in Pakistan,
was arrested for killing two men who, he said, were trying to rob him
at a crowded traffic stop?
Chan: Another honorable ancient ancestor once said, "Two dogs may bark
at the same time, but not necessarily for the same reason. On the
other hand, one cat in a neighborhood of dogs can set all to barking."
Jimmy: This Davis story is a curious coincidence.
Chan: Much about all of this is curious, Jimmy. Details of what
happened inside the compound when bin Laden was terminated with
extreme prejudice are confusing. A man unable to relate a relatively
simple story without changing it with each retelling is often more
interested in concealing, than revealing, information.
Jimmy: You mean the government might not be telling us the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth, Pop?
Chan: Number One Son, do not be alarmed with what I am about to tell
you: No government does such things.
Jimmy: I'm wondering about the timing of all this. I read that there
were many National Security Council meetings over the last 6 weeks
about how and when to enter the Mansion. I know these things take
time, but I don't sense the fierce urgency of now to get a man who
we've been hunting for 10 years.
Chan: Yes, the timing is interesting, Jimmy. Sometimes one must look
for the reasons for when something happens within the eventual impact
it brings.
Jimmy: And this comes from another honorable ancient ancestor?
Chan: No, from the Los Angeles Times.
Intense, closed-door meetings continued until after midnight. David
Plouffe, a senior White House advisor who ran Obama's 2008 campaign,
met with the president's press team and afterward, ambled past the
Oval Office in blue jeans, shirttail out, looking tired but happy. A
single Secret Service agent stood guard outside the Oval Office, where
the light was still on. For a White House that has seen its poll
numbers drop amid a sour economy and setbacks overseas, Sunday was a
welcome reprieve.
Jimmy: Surely you're not suggesting that the timing was designed to
enhance the President's standing in the polls?
Chan: Have you ever seen the ocean, Number One Son?
Jimmy: You know I have, Pop. We live in Honolulu.
Chan: Indeed. And what have you seen?
Jimmy: Same as you -- the surface of the ocean.
Chan: Of course. But we see just part of the ocean's surface, and not
see the ocean itself.
Jimmy: One more thing, Pop. We're concerned that the Chinese -- the
ones who live in China -- might get access to sensitive technology
contained in the tail of the helicopter that was destroyed in the
raid. What do the Chinese have to do with all of this?
Chan: We passed a Chinese restaurant on the way here. Let's have
lunch, Jimmy.
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