Measures.

This is coolbert:

Some comments on the killing of Osama bin Laden.

From what is understood and what has been released to the public, Osama living in that compound as he did was attempting to live in "plain sight" BUT certain of the measures he took rather than helping to conceal the man made it more apparent to intelligence analysts that SOMEONE of value, a high level operative[s] was living in that multi-family home. Measures taken to conceal to include:

* Burning of all trash within the compound.

* High walls with secure and sturdy gated entrances, those walls topped with barbed wire.

* A screened area within the compound for someone to walk outside but not be visible.

* Satellite reception but NO Internet or telephone connection.

* A bomb-proof room or structure. [adjacent to the structure or separate is not clear]

* Built [2005] only recently. [obviously built to specification?]

ALSO, that Osama was purportedly "addicted" to pornography, some have speculated that this is disinformation put out by the CIA to defame the man. From a Q & A with an authoritative source we have the comment suggesting otherwise:

Bert: Some have suggested that the stash of porn found with Osama is CIA disinformation. That such a stash exists is not unreasonable? The rich Arab, when exposed to the vices of the west, becomes hooked and indulges in an extreme manner?

Answer: Self-imprisoned in his house for years, living in squalor, Osama needed to be entertained by any means. If CIA wanted to plant disinformation as a means of discrediting the murderous bastard in the eyes of his misguided disciples, they could have done a much better job than porn.

IN ADDITION, I think a lot of folks find it somewhat strange that Osama did not go down fighting with a group of his followers? That is what was to be expected? That coterie of bodyguards and acolytes in a suicidal fashion battling it to the death with the SEALS. There were only two persons in the compound that did exchange gunfire with the U.S. forces, those two being almost immediately killed!

From all account Osama seems to have been in a daze, a "fog", astounded as to what was happening to him? This too was not within normal expectations?

coolbert.