Perhaps someday we will learn the real extent of Osama bin Laden’s support network inside Pakistan. A truly independent investigation would begin with bin Laden’s ties to various Pakistani military and intelligence officials in the 1980s and walk forward from there. Or, if one prefers, investigators can walk the cat back from bin Laden’s suitors (if they are known) and supporters as of May 2011 to the days of the jihad against the Soviets in Afghanistan.

In any event, the official Pakistani investigation into how bin Laden ended up in Abbottabad, Pakistan – just a short distance from a top military academy – is reportedly moving forward. It remains to be seen what, if any, nuggets of truth are contained in the Abbottabad Commission’s final product.