American Agents Thought They Found Bin Laden

In the article, an anonymous American official said: "We really felt that we were close to our goal. Too close may be a man or a few men. And we were so optimistic."

For the past eight months, military operations along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border to locate Bin Laden have been unsuccessful. The American military leads the operations, which are supported by 30,000 Pakistani soldiers.

The American official revealed that Bin Laden’s appearance was a "psychological blow" that provided "additional evidence of our failure to find him".