Isn't that an interesting denial. He did not say "That is not true. We have not captured Osama."
He said it would be news to everybody in this room. That is not saying anything at all. He also said he hadn't heard anything like that. Do you suppose he read anything like that?
I start kind wondering when people use non denial denials.
It is also true that press secretaries are often kept out of the loop, so they can honestly deny things that may be true.
He could have just been been saying, "It could be true, but if it is no one has told me."
The ohter possibility is we are letting on like we may know where Osama is hoping to get him to move and show himself.
But the Bush administration has stopped using the routine of "We don't know where he is, but we are going to find him."
But what they are saying now sure sounds like weasel words.