The “No Kidding?” Headline Of The Day – Gates: “Somebody” In Pakistan “Had To Know” About Bin Laden
May 18, 2011 4 Comments ›› Angelia
NPR
The discussion over who in Pakistan knew what about the fact that Osama bin Laden was living in a city north of Islamabad continues.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates had this to say to reporters earlier today:
“If the leadership doesn’t know … you know, I’ve done as much about accountability here as perhaps anybody, but I never fired anybody because they didn’t know about a problem. I fired them because once they found out about a problem, they didn’t take it seriously.
“So if the senior leadership in Pakistan didn’t know, it’s hard to hold them accountable for it. …
“But we don’t — I mean, the supposition is somebody [knew]. We don’t know whether it was, you know, a retired — retired people, whether it was low-level. We — you have pure supposition on our part. …
“So I just want to underscore, it’s my supposition — I think it’s a supposition shared by a number in this government — that somebody had … to know, but we have no idea who, and we have no proof or no evidence.”
