{ What phenomenal insight from the " CIA Director for Intelligence" John Kringen "his agency thinks bin Laden is alive and "probably in the tribal areas of Pakistan." Thank goodness they are on top of it- I feel better. I realize there is immense calculus here with Pakistan having nukes and thinking Musharraff is better than the alternative, but I have to think sending in teams to hunt/kill these maniacs would win us more respect/fear from them then playing this State Dept balance of power geo-political academic exercises - they don't fear us and that emboldens them. There is no price to pay for shielding Bin Laden I know there are some Wild Bill Donovans still out there, but obviously not in decision making }