A senior official in Pakistan's civilian government told ABC News, "Elements of Pakistan intelligence -- probably rogue or retired -- were involved in aiding, abetting and sheltering the leader of al Qaeda," the strongest public statement yet from the Pakistani government after the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound.
This is based on the government's judgment that the number of years bin Laden spent in Abbottabad -- and it now appears in a village outside the city of Haripur -- would have been impossible without help, possibly from someone in the middle tier of ISI, Pakistan's intelligence agency, who grew up fighting alongside the mujahidin against the Soviets, said the official.
Hard to believe.
Actually, it could be that this "official" is just trying to deflect attention away from the government itself, as well as current ISI officials, and towards "rogue" elements. It's pretty hard to believe that Osama wasn't helped at all by current government officials, that he managed to evade capture/death for so many years simply because rogue/retired officials sheltered him. Seriously, how credible is that?
