[norton]

I agree, GWB didn't call a conference to make the comments he wound up making.

My guess is that when they got there - Osama was in the other caravan, having used his dear kiddies as decoy.

My other guess is that he is flat out panicked at the thought that his lieutenants are being made to talk almost as soon as they get rolled up. That might just be stage management on our part (because I also think we've known for awhile where he was) but something has the boy moving.

Unless, of course, he's dead and the kids were running the show in his name.

[chiller]

Could be. Maybe 'W''s "serious tone" at the press conference was actually distraction, or regret that OBL slipped the noose because of loose lips. I'd be shaking my head, too.

[patriciaruth]

GWB didn't call a conference to make the comments he wound up making.

Yes, he did. It was to preempt the effect of the Blix report coming the next day.

[patriciaruth]

Unless, of course, he's dead and the kids were running the show in his name.

Interesting conjecture. Did anyone else notice that the timbre of the bin Laden tapes suggested a younger person? Who better to immitate bin Laden than his son and heir?