Cold trail

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Pakistani forces hunting Osama bin Laden lost track of the Al-Qaeda leader after coming close to discovering his whereabouts several months ago, President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview.

Musharraf told the BBC late Monday that intelligence agencies had indications eight to 10 months ago about the whereabouts of Bin Laden but then the trail went cold.

Even though it is highly doubtful that bin Laden has a current ability to direct any significant terrorist activity, getting him is still hugely important if only for symbolic reasons. I sincerely hope that those in charge of the hunt are truly getting all of the resources they need from our government.