It was revealed that the the US officials that were in charge and executed this operation to kill Bin Laden were not tracking Bin Laden himself, but rather a courier of his. The US intelligence officials are reported to have been searching for this courier for many years, as they learned that Osama used this courier to run different errands for him. It seemed as though the courier was the real mastermind behind the 911 attack, as Osama used him to maintain contact with the outside world. He was finally located last August, in 2010, in a compound that was located 55 kilometers north of Islamabad, Pakistan, in Abbottabad. Although they have located this compound in August, they did not attack until now because they wanted to make sure that Osama was located in there. There were some predictions initially when they saw the compound, as it was so strong and secure that the intelligence officials did not believe that it was built just to hide a courier, but rather someone of far greater importance. After 8 months, US president Barrack Obama was convinced of Bin Laden's location, and had secretly held 5 meetings in which the focused topic was whether or not Osama was in the compound. In the end, the operation was allowed to happen and Osama was found and shot dead.I think that the US officials did a great job at tracking the courier of Bin Laden, since it was quite obvious and logical that Osama himself did not go outside to run different errands. He obviously needed someone on the outside to issue his orders, and once the intelligence officials had found this courier, Osama's fate was sealed. I also believe that they made the right choice by waiting this amount of months before initiating the attack sine they needed to make sure of Bin Laden's location. If in fact Bin Laden was not located in the compound, then it would be far harder for people to locate Osama since he would be even more scared to come out and plan anything. Taking the compound without Osama being in it would just scare him away farther, and make the work necessary to find him even harder than it already is.
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