Following up on Bhutto's bombshell

I've uncovered a further twist in the Bhutto/bin Laden story. (Read the post below first to get the full story on this). After explicitly saying on Nov. 2 that Osama bin Laden had been murdered, Bhutto apparently referred to bin Laden as presumably alive ten days later:

Bhutto asks Musharraf to resign as President

Lahore, Nov 13 (PTI) In a significant shift in her stance, former Pakistan Premier Benazir Bhutto Tuesday asked General Pervez Musharraf to quit as President and ruled out serving under him in any future government after she was put under house arrest for the second time within a week...

The former prime minister, who was earlier on Friday put under house arrest in Islamabad to stop her from addressing a rally in the nearby garrison city of Rawalpindi, said more than 7,000 of her supporters had been arrested overnight.

"This is just terrible, that the police who should be used to find out where Osama bin Laden is hiding are focusing their attention on my supporters. There is a total revulsion of the naked force used against peaceful protesters."

So, ten days after the interview I mention below, Bhutto is quoted by the Press Trust of India as saying that Pakistani police should be looking for bin Laden. Which would seem to suggest Bhutto accepts the premise that bin Laden is alive. That would support the BBC's supposition that she simply misspoke. On the other hand, if you're a conspiracy theorist, you might think it just indicates that "they" got to her -- "They" being the people who stand to benefit from maintaining a fiction that bin Laden is alive.

Whatever. It's very mysterious. But the key is, it's a mystery THAT SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE PAPERS. Maybe they can pull some people off the non-existant Republican presidential campaign.

Or better yet, off Briney Spears' front porch. At least those reporters are good at finding people.