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The following attempts to provide an answer to one major mystery attached to the most recent behavior of Osama Bin Laden. By the way, I realize some people may wonder about the “taste” of this piece. That’s why I’m issuing a “gallows humor” alert up-front. 

So why did Osama choose to keep his family living in plain sight at their Abbottabad home for the past five years?

(1) It was just a short commuter hop to the bright lights of Islamabad.

(2) All 18 of his wives had relatives living in the area.

(3) The family’s second home, a cave in the mountains, leaked.

(4) He had a good personal relationship with the local “Alarm Force” service guy.

(5) Hydro, power and internet were all included in the monthly condo fee.

(6) The house featured a double garage that could someday be turned into a bomb-making workshop.

(7) At a younger age, he’d lived in a gated community and was turned off by the elitism.

(8) His grandparents refused to let him live in their basement.

(9) He heard the nearest nuclear plant was more than a hundred miles away.

(10) Local cable service included a pay-per-view channel featuring his favorite sport, American-style football. (He was also partial to Dancing with the Stars.)

(11) With the price of gasoline these days, he couldn’t afford a moving van.

(12) The house’s Feng Shui was phenomenal.

(13) I wrote a number 13, but CIA operatives buried it at sea.

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Also on the subject of cyber-terrorism, there’s Two Men Who Thought They Knew People.

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