One last conjecture on bin Laden’s demise and I’ll relent. Or not. Reports now say bin Laden, despite ample warning and a likely determination to fight to the death, was unarmed when Navy seals reached him. Why didn’t he have a gun? An iSteve reader raises an interesting possibility:

There could be a lot of reasons, but commenter Wandrin just pointed out one: If he were in prison.

I find it plausible. Pakistan needn’t reveal they have him on ice and the money keeps flowing. Of course they treat him well, refer to him as a “guest”, he has privileges; they’re sympathetic.
But they’re also thinking he might come in handy some day. One hell of a trump card.

This doesn’t imply US knowledge. What we found and raided could have been the world’s most exclusive prison–whether we know it or not.