CIA believes bin Laden still in Pakistan
Friday, 12 June 2009 10:03
Xinhua
Pakistan, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Leon Panetta said on Thursday that Osama bin Laden, the head of al-Qaida terrorist network, remains in Pakistan and his capture is still the CIA's priority.
"I guess one of our hopes is that as Pakistani military moves in, combined with our operations, we may have a better chance to get at him," said Panetta at the Capitol Hill.
He noted that al-Qaida "remains the most serious security threat" to the United States and it continues to plot against America.
Panetta said that his agency has increased the number of officers and recruited locals in Pakistan in bid for more information leading to the capture of bin Laden.
"We have a number of people who are on the ground in Pakistan who are helping us provide targets and who are helping us provide the information that we really need to go after al-Qaida," he said.
However, the CIA chief did not rule out possibility that the al-Qaida leader could look for safe havens elsewhere, such as Yemen and Somalia.
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