Where Is Osama Bin Laden?

Five Years After the 9/11 Attacks, There Are Few Explanations About Why He Has Not Been Caught

By GRETCHEN PETERS

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 8, 2006 — On the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the resounding question: Where is Osama bin Laden?

Just as urgent is another question: Why has U.S. intelligence failed to find him?

A decade into a manhunt that is surely the most costly and complex in history, senior U.S. diplomats and intelligence officials can only give you "guesstimates" when you ask about bin Laden's location.