Yet, we still are beset by terrorists and need to solve that problem. If Bin Laden were declared dead, the media would lull the populace into a false sense of security, the democrats would take money away from defense and put on their feel good programs to buy more votes and all efforts to increase security, investigate, set up measures for protection would be undercut.
Then we again would be sitting targets for an upcoming attack. Better to be in the situation we are in now so that we will not be attacked again.